Bobrynets Raion

Bobrynetskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Бобринецький район) was a raion (district) of the Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. It covered an area of 1496 square kilometres. The administrative center of the raion was the city of Bobrynets. The raion was established in 1939. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Bobrynets Raion was merged into Kropyvnytskyi Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was 24,702 (2020 est.).

Bobrynets Raion
Бобринецький район
Raion
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Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°58′17″N 32°4′34″E
Country Ukraine
RegionKirovohrad Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerBobrynets
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total1,496 km2 (578 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 24,702
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:

  • Bobrynets urban hromada with the administration in Bobrynets;
  • Ketrysanivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Ketrysanivka.
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