Roshyshek Rajon

Roshyshek Rajon
(Рожищенський район/Roshyshchensky rayon)
Basic data
Oblast:	Volyn Oblast
Administrative Headquarters:	Roshyshtian
Area:	928.00 km²
Residents:	42.999 (2001)
Population Density:	46.34 Inhabitants per km²
KOATUU:	0724500000
Communities:	22+1
Rajon administration
Address:	вул. Грушевського 12 45100 м. Рожище
Head of the Rajon:	Andrij Musyka
Website:	http://www.rozhadm.gov.ua/
Overview map
Statistical information

Rozhyshchensky rayon (Ukrainian Рожищенський район/Rozhyshchensky rayon; Russian Рожищенский район/Rozhyshchensky rayon) is a rayon in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. The center of the rayon is the town of Roshyshche.

Coat of arms of the rayon

Geography

The rayon is located in the south-central part of Volyn oblast and is bordered by Kovel rayon to the north, Manevychi rayon to the northeast, Kivertsi rayon to the southeast, Luzk rayon to the south, Lokachi rayon to the southwest, and Turiysk rayon to the northwest. The rayon is crossed by many small rivers, which gather in the river Styr, which flows from south to north through the rayon.

History

The rayon came into existence on 17 January 1940^[1] after the occupation of eastern Poland by the Soviet Union, then after the beginning of the German-Soviet War in June 1941 it was transferred to the Reichskommissariat Ukraine in the General District of Brest-Litovsk/Volhynia-Podolia, Luzk District, and after the reconquest in 1944 it rejoined the Soviet Union in the Ukrainian SSR. It then existed in a smaller form until 30 December 1962, when it was enlarged to include large parts of the surrounding rajons,^[2] but this enlargement was partially reversed by 1966. In 1991, the rayon then became part of what is now Ukraine.

Administrative structure

At the municipal level, the rayon is divided into 1 city council municipality, 1 settlement council municipality, 22 rural council municipalities and 1 rural municipality, to each of which individual localities are subordinated.

The administrative area includes:

• 1 city
• 1 settlement of urban type
• 66 villages

City

Settlement of urban type

Villages

See also

• List of rajons of Ukraine

Web links

Commons: Rajon Roschyschtsche– Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Sources

1. ↑ Ukas of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 17, 1940 “Про утворення районів в складі Волинської, Дрогобичської, Львівської, Ровненської, Станіславської і Тарнопольської областей УРСР”
2. ↑ Президія Верховної Ради УРСР; Указ від 30 December 1962 № 35 “Про укрупнення сільських районів Української РСР”