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Sokal Raion

Former subdivision of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine


Summary

Former subdivision of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

FieldValue
nameSokal Raion
native_nameСокальський район
native_name_languk
settlement_typeRaion
image_flagFlag of Sokal Raion.png
flag_altFlag of Sokal Raion
image_shieldSokalskyi rayon gerb.png
shield_altCoat of arms of Sokal Raion
image_mapMap of Lviv Oblast highlighting Sokal Raion.png
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Oblast
subdivision_name1Lviv Oblast
parts_typeSubdivisions
parts_stylecoll
p1— city councils
p2— settlement councils
p3— rural councils
p4Number of localities:
— cities
p5— urban-type settlements
p6101 — villages
p7— rural settlements
established_title1Established
established_date11939
established_title2Disestablished
established_date218 July 2020
seat_typeAdmin. center
seatSokal
leader_titleGovernor
leader_nameMykola Mysak
leader_title1Chairman
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km21573
population_total101748
population_as_of2020
population_density_km2auto
timezone1EET
utc_offset1+02:00
timezone1_DSTEEST
utc_offset1_DST+03:00
postal_code_typePostal index
postal_code80000—80086
area_code_typeArea code
area_code380-3257
websitewww.sokal-rda.gov.ua

— cities Sokal Raion (, Sokal's'kyj rajon) was a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Sokal. It had a population of 98,123 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Sokal Raion was merged into Chervonohrad Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was

The Sokal Raion had a total of 106 populated settlements. Five were cities subordinate to the raion administration: Belz, Sokal, Sosnivka, Uhniv, and Velyki Mosty. One, Zhvyrka, was an urban-type settlement, and were 101 villages.

The raion bordered Poland to the west, Volyn Oblast to the north, and Lviv Oblast's Radekhiv Raion to the east, and Kamianka-Buzka and Zhovkva Raions to the south.

The raion was established in 1939 Until June 2019, Sosnivka was administratively subordinated to the city of Chervonohrad, and then transferred to Sokal Raion.

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:

  • Belz urban hromada with the administration in the city of Belz;
  • Sokal urban hromada with the administration in Sokal;
  • Velyki Mosty urban hromada with the administration in the city of Velyki Mosty.

File:Belz Monastery of dominican.jpg|St. Nicholas Greek Catholic Church in Belz. File:Chervonograd sancti spiriti.jpg|Holy Spirit Church in Chervonohrad, ca. 1750s. File:2015 Sokal, Ratusz 04.JPG|The city hall in Sokal. File:Варяж. Костел Святого Марка.jpg|St. Mark's Church in Variazh.

References

References

  1. "Leadership". Sokal Raion State Administration.
  2. "Sokal Raion, Lviv Oblast". [[Verkhovna Rada.
  3. (2020-07-18). "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.".
  4. (17 July 2020). "Нові райони: карти + склад". Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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  7. "Сокальська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)". Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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