Kremenets Raion


Kremenets Raion is a raion in Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center is the city of Kremenets. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Kremenets Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Lanivtsi and Shumsk Raions, as well as a part of one more abolished raion, Zbarazh Raion, and the city of Kremenets, which was previously incorporated as a City of regional [significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance] and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kremenets Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 8 hromadas:

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas:
  • Kremenets urban hromada with the administration in Kremenets, also included the city of Kremenets;
  • Lopushne rural hromada with the administration in Lopushne;
  • Pochaiv urban hromada with the administration in Pochaiv.

History

The area was known as the Kremenets Uyezd when it was part of the Russian Empire. It was part of Volhynian Governorate.