Sokyriany Raion

Sokyriany Raion
Сокирянський район
Flag of Sokyriany Raion
Coat of arms of Sokyriany Raion
Coordinates: 48°29′52″N 27°16′6″E / 48.49778°N 27.26833°E / 48.49778; 27.26833
Country Ukraine
RegionChernivtsi Oblast
Established1966
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerSokyriany
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 28 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total
661 km2 (255 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
41,686
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
602xx
Area code380 3739
Websitehttp://rda.cv.ua

Sokyriany Raion (Ukrainian: Сокирянський район) was an administrative raion (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border. It was part of the historical region of Bessarabia. The region had an area of 661 square kilometres (255 sq mi) and centers on the city of Sokyriany. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Sokyriany Raion was merged into Dnistrovskyi Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 41,686 (2020 est.)[3]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas, Sokyriany urban hromada with the administration in Sokyriany and Vashkivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Vashkivtsi.[4]

  1. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Сокирянська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.