Kozelets Raion
Козелецький район | |
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Coordinates: 50°54′0″N 31°07′0″E / 50.90000°N 31.11667°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Region | Chernihiv Oblast |
Established | 7 March 1923 |
Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
Admin. center | Kozelets |
Subdivisions | List
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Government | |
• Governor | Sergey Andreev [1] |
• Chairman | Volodymyr Ponomarenko[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,660 km2 (1,030 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 42,282 |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 17000—17085 |
Area code | +380 4646 |
Website | http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua |
Kozelets Raion (Ukrainian: Козелецький район, Kozelets'kyi raion) was one of the 22 administrative raions (a district) of Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located at the urban-type settlement of Kozelets. Its population was 61,636 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[3] The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Kozelets Raion was merged into Chernihiv Raion.[4][5] The last estimate of the raion population was 42,282 (2020 est.)[6]