Lutuhyne Raion

{{short description|Former subdivision of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Lutuhynskyi Raion

| native_name = Лутугинський район

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = Raion

| image_flag = Lutuhinskyj Raion prapor.gif

| flag_alt = Flag of Lutuhynskyi Raion

| image_shield = Lutuginskiy rayon gerb.png

| shield_alt = Coat of arms of Lutuhynskyi Raion

| image_map = Lutuginskyi-Raion.png

| mapsize = 250px

| coordinates = {{coord|48|23|1|N|39|12|43|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Luhansk Oblast

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = coll

| p1 =   1 — city councils

| p2 =   7 — settlement councils

| p3 = 8 — rural councils

| p4 = Number of localities:
  1 — cities

| p5 =   {{nowrap|7 — urban-type settlements}}

| p6 = 26 — villages

| p7 =   11 — rural settlements

| established_title1 = Established

| established_date1 = 1965

| established_title2 = Disestablished

| established_date2 = 18 July 2020

| seat_type = Admin. center

| seat = Lutuhyne

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Viktor Bordeev

| leader_title1 = Chairman

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_total_km2 = 1057

| population_total = {{decrease}} 65071

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = EET

| utc_offset1 = +02:00

| timezone1_DST = EEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +03:00

| postal_code_type = Postal index

| postal_code = 92000—92044

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = +380 6436

| website = http://lu.loga.gov.ua/

}}

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Lutuhyne Raion ({{Langx|uk|Лутугинський район}}) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of Eastern Ukraine. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast to eight.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |date=17 July 2020 |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} However, since 2014 the raion was not under control of Ukrainian government and has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic{{cite web|url=http://gkslg.info/files/chisl_0915.pdf|title=Численность населения по состоянию на 1 октября 2015 года по Луганской Народной Республике|publisher=Luhansk People's Republic|language=Russian|accessdate=21 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204211939/http://gkslg.info/files/chisl_0915.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=dead}} which continues using it as an administrative unit.{{cite web |title=Министерство экономического развития Луганской Народной Республики |url=https://www.merlnr.su/administrasia_g_r.html |publisher=Luhansk People's Republic |language=ru}} The administrative center of the raion was the city of Lutuhyne. The last estimate of the raion population, reported by the Ukrainian government, was {{Ua-pop-est2013|67,563|.}}