Kozelets Raion

Kozelets Raion
Козелецький район

Raion

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Coordinates: 50°54′0″N 31°07′0″E / 50.90000°N 31.11667°ECoordinates: 50°54′0″N 31°07′0″E / 50.90000°N 31.11667°E

Country

Ukraine

Region

Chernihiv Oblast

Established

March 7, 1923

Admin. center

Kozelets

Subdivisions

List

1 — city councils
2 — settlement councils
40 — rural councils
Number of localities:
1 — cities
2 — urban-type settlements
106 — villages
2 — rural settlements

Government

• Governor

Sergey Andreev

• Chairman

Volodymyr Ponomarenko

Area

• Total

2,660 km² (1,030 sq mi)

Population (2015)

• Total

46,193

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Postal index

17000—17085

Area code

+380 4646

Website

http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua

Kozelets Raion (Ukrainian: Козелецький район, Kozelets'kyi raion) is one of the 22 administrative raions (a district) of Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located at the urban-type settlement of Kozelets. Its population was 61,636 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: 46,193 (2015 est.)

The Kozelets Raion is located in the southwestern part of the Chernihiv Oblast, corresponding to the modern-day boundaries of the Polissia historical regions. To its west and south, it borders upon the Vyshhorod and Brovary Raions of the Kiev Oblast. Its total area constitutes 2,660 square kilometres (1,030 sq mi), constituting 8.3 percent of the total area.

As part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Oster Raion was created on March 7, 1923, as an administrative entity of the Nizhyn Okruha; later in July of that year, the Kozelets Raion was also created. During the Holodomor, 508 people died throughout 36 settlements in the Kozelets Raion.

The Kozelets Raion is divided in a way that follows the general administrative scheme in Ukraine. Local government is also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions are subdivided into councils, which are the prime level of administrative division in the country.

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