Polonne Raion

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

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Polonne Raion

| native_name = Полонський район

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = Raion

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| image_flag = Flag of Polonne raion.svg

| flag_alt = Flag of Polonne Raion

| image_shield = Coat of Arms of Polonskiy Raion in Khmelnytsky Oblast.gif

| shield_alt = Coat of arms of Polonne Raion

| image_map = Polonyanskyi-Raion.png

| mapsize = 125px

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| coordinates = {{coord|50|04|25|N|27|26|56|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Khmelnytskyi Oblast

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = coll

| p1 =   1 — city councils

| p2 =   1 — settlement councils

| p3 = 17 — rural councils

| p4 = Number of localities:
  1 — cities

| p5 =   {{nowrap|1 — urban-type settlements}}

| p6 = 44 — villages

| p7 =   1 — rural settlements

| established_title1 = Established

| established_date1 = 1923

| established_title2 = Disestablished

| established_date2 = 18 July 2020

| seat_type = Admin. center

| seat = Polonne

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| leader_party =

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Alexander M. Dekhtyaruk

| leader_title1 = Chairman

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| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 866

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| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 42649

| 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 = 30500—30545

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 380-3843

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| website = {{URL|http://poladm.gov.ua/}}

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Polonne Raion ({{langx|uk|Полонський район}}) was a raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center is Polonne. It was established in 1923. 1 city (Polonne), 1 urban-type settlement and 45 villages were located in Polonne Raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Polonne Raion was merged into Shepetivka Raion.{{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 |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} The last estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|42,649}}

Geography

File:Cherniivka Monastery.jpg

Polonne Raion was a part of Volhynia. It was one out 20 Raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. This was a small raion, it occupied 15th place among the districts of the region (866 km2 corresponds to 4,2% of the total area of Khmelnytskyi Oblast).

Polonne Raion was east of Shepetivka Raion, north of Starokostiantyniv Raion, west and south-west of Zhytomyr Oblast (Liubar Raion, Romaniv Raion and Baranivka Raion). The Sluch, Homora, Derevychka, Smilka and other rivers flowed through the district. There was a rail line through the district (ShepetivkaPolonneBerdychiv).

Subdivisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:{{cite web |title=Полонська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Хмельницкая-область/Полонский-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}

History

From 1923 to 1932 the district was part of Shepetivka region, then from 1932 to 1937 it was part of Vinnytsia Oblast. Following that from 1937 to 1954 it was part of Kamenets Podolsk region. Since 1954 it has been part of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Finally Polonne Raion was formed December 8, 1966.[http://www.myslenedrevo.com.ua/uk/Sci/Local/Zaslav/Empires/AdminDivision.html Адміністративно-територіяльний поділ Заславщини наприкінці XVIII – початку ХХІ ст.] {{in lang|uk}}

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