Skole Raion (Ukrainian: Сколівський район) was a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was Skole. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 46,996 (2020 est.)[3].

Skole Raion Сколівський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°58′8″N 23°24′44″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Lviv Oblast
Established	1940
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Skole
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 53 — villages    — rural settlements
Area
• Total	1,471 km2 (568 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	46,996
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	82600—82666
Area code	380-3264

It was established in 1940.

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[4]

• Kozova rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kozova;
• Skole urban hromada with the administration in Skole;
• Slavske settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Slavske.

People from Skole Raion

• Petro Jacyk, born in Verkhnie Synovydne — a Ukrainian Canadian businessman and philanthropist.

Gallery

• 
  Villages in Lviv Oblast. Plavie, Skole Raion.
• 
  Ukraine. Skole Raion. Resting place next to the highway Lviv - Uzhhorod.
• 
  View of Mount Trostian[5] (1235 m) in Slavske from the village Plavie.

References

На других языках

[ru] Сколевский район