Krasnohrad Raion (Ukrainian: Красноградський район) is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Krasnohrad. Population: 105,948 (2021 est.)[1]

Krasnohrad Raion Красноградський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates: 49°23′45.0636″N 35°31′7.464″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Admin. center	Krasnohrad
Subdivisions	6 hromadas
Area
• Total	9,851 km2 (3,803 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	105,948
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Krasnohrad Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Kehychivka, Sakhnovshchyna, and Zachepylivka Raions, as well as part of Nova Vodolaha Raion, were merged into Krasnohrad Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 43,034 (2020 est.)[4]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 6 hromadas:[3]

• Kehychivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Kehychivka, transferred from Kehychivka Raion;[5]
• Krasnohrad urban hromada with the administration in the city of Krasnohrad, retained from Krasnohrad Raion;
• Natalyne rural hromada with the administration in the village of Natalyne, retained from Krasnohrad Raion;
• Sakhnovshchyna settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Sakhnovshchyna, transferred from Sakhnovshchyna Raion;[6]
• Starovirivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Starovirivka, transferred from Nova Vodolaha Raion.[7]
• Zachepylivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Zachepylivka, transferred from Zachepylivka Raion.[8]

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas:[9]

• Krasnohrad urban hromada with the administration in Krasnohrad;
• Natalyne rural hromada with the administration in Natalyne.

References

На других языках

[ru] Красноградский район