Vysokopillia Raion

Vysokopillia Raion (Ukrainian: Високопільський) was one of the 18 administrative raions (a district) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Vysokopillia. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Vysokopillia Raion was merged into Beryslav Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 14,119 (2020 est.)[3]

Vysokopilskyi Raion
Високопільський район
Raion
Flag of Vysokopilskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Vysokopilskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°28′7.8312″N 33°24′11.6748″E
Country Ukraine
RegionKherson Oblast
Established1928
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerVysokopillia
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  • 10 — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  • 34 — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorViktor Romanov
Area
 • Total701 km2 (271 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 14,119
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
74000—74043
Area code+380 5535

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:[4]

  • Kochubeivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kochubeivka;
  • Vysokopillia settlement hromada with the administration in Vysokopillia.

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. "Великоолександрівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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