Subdivision of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine
Raion in Ukraine
Nizhyn Raion (
Ukrainian : Ніжинський район ) is a
raion (district) of
Chernihiv Oblast , northern
Ukraine . Its administrative centre is located at
Nizhyn . Population: 215,908 (2022 estimate).
[1]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Nizhyn Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions,
Bakhmach ,
Bobrovytsia ,
Borzna , and
Nosivka Raions , as well as the city of Nizhyn, which was previously incorporated as a
city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Nizhyn Raion.
[2]
[3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 25,716 (2020 est.).
[4]
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 17
hromadas :
[3]
Bakhmach urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Bakhmach , transferred from Bakhmach Raion;
[5]
Baturyn urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Baturyn , transferred from Bakhmach Raion;
[5]
Bobrovytsia urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Bobrovytsia , transferred from Bobrovytsia Raion;
[6]
Borzna urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Borzna , transferred from Borzna Raion;
[7]
Dmytrivka settlement hromada with the administration in the
urban-type settlement of
Dmytrivka , transferred from Bakhmach Raion;
[5]
Komarivka rural hromada with the administration in the
selo of
Komarivka , transferred from Borzna Raion;
[7]
Kruty rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Kruty , retained from Nizhyn Raion;
Losynivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of
Losynivka , retained from Nizhyn Raion;
Makiivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Makiivka , transferred from Nosivka Raion;
[8]
Mryn rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Mryn , transferred from Nosivka Raion;
[8]
Nizhyn urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Nizhyn , was previously a city of oblast significance;
[9]
Nosivka urban hromada with the administration in the city of
Nosivka , transferred from Nosivka Raion;
[8]
Nova Basan rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Nova Basan , transferred from Bobrovytsia Raion;
[6]
Plysky rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Plysky , transferred from Borzna Raion;
[7]
Talalaivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Talalaivka , retained from Nizhyn Raion;
Vertiivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Vertiivka , retained from Nizhyn Raion;
Vysoke rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Vysoke , transferred from Borzna Raion.
[7]
Before 2020
Nizhyn Raion in Chernihiv Oblast before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas:
[10]
Kruty rural hromada with the administration in Kruty;
Losynivka settlement hromada with the administration in Losynivka;
Talalaivka rural hromada with the administration in Talalaivka;
Vertiivka rural hromada with the administration in Vertiivka.
References
Media related to
Nizhynskyi Raion at Wikimedia Commons
Coat of arms of Nizhyn Raion