Nikolske Raion

Nikolske Raion (Ukrainian: Нікольський район), until May 2016 Volodarske Raion (Ukrainian: Володарський район), was one of the raions of Donetsk Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Nikolske. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government. The area of the former Nikolske Raion was merged into Mariupol Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 27,337 (2020 est.).[3]

Nikolske Raion
Нікольський район
Raion
Flag of Nikolske Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Nikolske Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°12′11″N 37°19′21.5″E
Country Ukraine
RegionDonetsk Oblast
Established1925
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerNikolske
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  • 10 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  • 31 — villages
  •   11 — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorVasyl′ Balabanov
Area
 • Total1,221 km2 (471 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 27,337
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
87000-87062
Area code+380 6246

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Volodarske Raion to Nikolske Raion according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[4] The raion center, Volodarske, was previously renamed to Nikolske.

Population

Ethnic groups in the raion, according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[5]

Ethnicity Number Proportion
Ukrainians16,49452.9%
Russians7,53824.2%
Greeks6,22320.0%
Belarusians2330.7%

References
  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.
  4. "Pro perejmenuvannja dejakih naselenih punktiv" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. National composition and native language of the Donetsk Oblast.
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