Myrhorod Raion

Myrhorod Raion Миргородський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 50°3′24.3576″N 33°39′40.752″E / 50.056766000°N 33.66132000°E / 50.056766000; 33.66132000
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava Oblast
Established	1923
Admin. center	Myrhorod
Subdivisions	17 hromadas
Area
• Total	1,540 km2 (590 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	198,076
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	+380
Website	obladmin.poltava.ua

Myrhorod Raion (Ukrainian: Миргородський район; translit.: Myrhorods'kyi raion) is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Myrhorod. Population: 198,076 (2022 estimate).^[1]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Poltava Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Myrhorod Raion was significantly expanded. ^[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 29,743 (2020 est.).^[4]

Important rivers within the Myrhorodskyi Raion include the Psel and the Khorol. The raion was established on 3 July 1923, by splitting off Lubny Raion. The raion's current boundaries were established on January 8, 1966.

An important village in the raion is Velyki Sorochyntsi, where the Sorochyntsi Fair has been held since the 1960s. On April 1 [O.S. March 20] 1809, writer Nikolai Gogol was born in Velyki Sorochyntsi. His short story "The Fair at Sorochyntsi" takes place in Velyki Sorochyntsi.

Administrative division

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 17 hromadas:^[3]

• Hadiach urban hromada with the administration in the city of Hadiach, transferred from city of the oblast significance of Hadiach and Hadiach Raion;^[5]
• Komyshnia settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Komyshnia, retained from Myrhorod Raion;
• Krasna Luka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Krasna Luka, transferred from Hadiach Raion;^[6]
• Liutenka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Liutenka, transferred from Hadiach Raion;^[6]
• Lokhvytsia urban hromada with the administration in the city of Lokhvytsia, transferred from Lokhvytsia Raion;^[7]
• Myrhorod urban hromada with the administration in the city of Myrhorod, transferred from city of the oblast significance of Myrhorod and retained from Myrhorod Raion;^[8]
• Petrivka-Romenska rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Petrivka-Romenska, transferred from Hadiach Raion;^[6]
• Romodan settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement Romodan, retained from Myrhorod Raion and transferred from Lubny Raion;
• Sencha rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Sencha, transferred from Lokhvytsia Raion;^[7]
• Serhiivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Serhiivka, transferred from Hadiach Raion;^[6]
• Velyki Budyshcha rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyki Budyshcha, transferred from Hadiach Raion;^[6]
• Velyki Sorochyntsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Velyki Sorochyntsi, retained from Myrhorod Raion.
• Zavodske urban hromada with the administration in the city of Zavodske, transferred from Lokhvytsia Raion.^[7]

Before 2020

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas,^[9]

• Komyshnia settlement hromada with the administration in Komyshnia;
• Romodan settlement hromada with the administration in Romodan;
• Velyki Sorochyntsi rural hromada with the administration in Velyki Sorochyntsi.

Settlements

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