Popasna Raion (Ukrainian: Попаснянський район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center was the town of Popasna. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight, of which only four were controlled by the government.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 74,028 (2013 est.)[3].
Popasnianskyi Raion
Попаснянський район | |
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Raion | |
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Coordinates: 48°41′43″N 38°25′6″E | |
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Region | Luhansk Oblast |
Established | 1977 |
Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
Admin. center | Popasna |
Subdivisions | List
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Government | |
• Governor | Stanislav Fironov |
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• Total | 1,325 km2 (512 sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 93300—93354 |
Area code | +380 6474 |
Website | http://pps.loga.gov.ua |
During the War in Donbass the Ukrainian authorities lost control over parts of the raion to the Lugansk People's Republic.[4][5]
On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the urban-type settlement of Chornukhyne was transferred to Popasna Raion from Perevalsk Raion, the urban-type settlement of Novotoshkivske from Kirovsk Municipality, and the towns of Hirske and Zolote and the urban-type settlements of Nyzhnie and Toshkivka from Pervomaisk Municipality.[6] The part of Popasna Raion under control of the Lugansk People's Republic were transferred to other administrative units as well before the entirelly of the Raion was taken from the forces of the Ukraine.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]
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