Shepetivka Raion
Shepetivka Raion is a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center is Shepetivka. Its population is
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Shepetivka Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Bilohiria, Iziaslav, Polonne, and Slavuta Raions, as well as the cities of Netishyn, Slavuta, and Shepetivka, which were previously incorporated as a cities of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Shepetivka Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
It was established in 1923. 1 urban-type settlement and 68 villages were located in Shepetivka Raion until 2020.
Geography
Shepetivka Region is a part of Volhynia. It is one out 20 Raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It is a large Raion and ranks as the 8th among the largest with respect to the total area.Shepetivka Raion is southeast of Slavuta Raion, southwest of Zhytomyr Oblast, west of Polonne Raion, north of Starokostiantyniv Raion, and east of Iziaslav Raion. The Homora, Korchyk, Tsvitoha, Smilka and other rivers flow through the district. There are rail lines through the districts, Shepetivka—Iziaslav—Ternopil, Shepetivka—Starokostiantyniv, Shepetivka—Polonne and Shepetivka—Zviahel.
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 18 hromadas:- Berezdiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Berezdiv, transferred from Slavuta Raion;
- Bilohiria settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Bilohiria, transferred from Bilohiria Raion;
- Hannopil rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Hannopil, transferred from Slavuta Raion;
- Hrytsiv settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Hrytsiv, retained from Shepetivka Raion;
- Iziaslav urban hromada with the administration in the city of Iziaslav, transferred from Iziaslav Raion;
- Krupets rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Krupets, transferred from Slavuta Raion;
- Lenkivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lenkivtsi, retained from Shepetivka Raion;
- Mykhailiuchka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mykhailiuchka, retained from Shepetivka Raion;
- Netishyn urban hromada with the administration in the city of Netishyn, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Netishyn;
- Pluzhne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pluzhne, transferred from Iziaslav Raion;
- Polonne urban hromada with the administration in the city of Polonne, transferred from Polonne Raion;
- Poninka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Poninka, transferred from Polonne Raion;
- Sakhnivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sakhnivtsi, transferred from Iziaslav Raion;
- Shepetivka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Shepetivka, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Shepetivka;
- Slavuta urban hromada with the administration in the city of Slavuta, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Slavuta;
- Sudylkiv rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sudylkiv, retained from Shepetivka Raion;
- Ulashanivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ulashanivka, transferred from Slavuta Raion;
- Yampil settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Yampil, transferred from Bilohiria Raion.
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas:- Hrytsiv settlement hromada with the administration in Hrytsiv;
- Lenkivtsi rural hromada with the administration in Lenkivtsi;
- Mykhailiuchka rural hromada with the administration in Mykhailiuchka;
- Sudylkiv rural hromada with the administration in Sudylkiv.