Sokal Raion

Sokal Raion (Ukrainian: Сокальський район, Sokal’s’kyi raion) 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.[2] 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.[3][4] The last estimate of the raion population was 101,748 (2020 est.).[5]

Sokal Raion
Сокальський район
Raion
Flag of Sokal Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Sokal Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°23′08″N 24°06′14″E
Country Ukraine
Region Lviv Oblast
Established1939
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerSokal
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  • 101 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorMykola Mysak[1]
Area
 • Total1,573 km2 (607 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total101,748
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
80000—80086
Area code380-3257
Websitewww.sokal-rda.gov.ua

The Sokal Raion had a total of 106 populated settlements. Five were towns subordinate to the raion administration: Belz, Sokal, Sosnivka, Uhniv, and Velyki Mosty. One, Zhvyrka, was an urban-type settlement, and were 101 villages.[2]

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[2] with the annexation of Western Ukraine to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1951, the raion's administration was expanded to include territories ceded from the Lublin Voivodeship of the People's Republic of Poland during the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange. During the transfer, the cities of Bełz, Uhnów, Krystynopol, and Waręż were transferred to Ukraine. Also Pawłowice village was placed in the Ukrainian territory after that exchange[6][7] Until June 2019, Sosnivka was administratively subordinated to the city of Chervonohrad, and then transferred to Sokal Raion.[5]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[8]

  • 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.

See also
  • Bieszczady County, Poland, which acquired the Ukrainian territories during the 1951 exchange

References
  1. "Leadership". Sokal Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. "Sokal Raion, Lviv Oblast". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
  5. 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.
  6. "Pawłowice".
  7. Sylwester Fertacz, Krojenie mapy Polski: Bolesna granica. Alfa. Retrieved from the Internet Archive on 14 November 2011
  8. "Сокальська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  • Media related to Category:Sokal Raion at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Main". Sokal Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2012.
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