Administrative divisions of Luhansk Oblast


Luhansk Oblast is subdivided into districts which are subdivided into territorial communities.

Current

On 18 July 2020, the number of districts was reduced to eight. This includes territories not under control of Ukrainian government, where the old territorial division is in use. The eight districts are:
  1. Alchevsk, the center is in the town of Alchevsk;
  2. Dovzhansk, the center is in the town of Dovzhansk ;
  3. Luhansk, the center is in the city of Luhansk;
  4. Rovenky, the center is in the town of Rovenky;
  5. Shchastia, the center is in the urban-type settlement of Novoaidar;
  6. Sievierodonetsk, the center is in the city of Sievierodonetsk;
  7. Starobilsk, the center is in the town of Starobilsk;
  8. Svatove, the center is in the town of Svatove.

Administrative divisions until 2020

Until 2020, Luhansk Oblast was subdivided into 32 regions: 18 districts and 14 city municipalities, officially known as territories governed by city councils.
In 2014, the War in Donbas started. As a result, parts of Luhansk Oblast were controlled by the Ukrainian government, whereas the rest was controlled by the forces of the Luhansk People's Republic. In particular, several raions and city municipalities were split between the government-controlled and LPR-controlled areas. To facilitate the governance, the Verkhovna Rada on 7 October 2014 made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. The list below contains LPR-controlled areas as well.