Kozelets Raion

Kozelets Raion Козелецький район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Region	Chernihiv Oblast
Established	March 7, 1923
Admin. center	Kozelets
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   2 — settlement councils 40 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   2 — urban-type settlements 106 — villages   2 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Sergey Andreev
• Chairman	Volodymyr Ponomarenko
Area
• Total	2,660 km2 (1,030 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	49,636
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	17000—17085
Area code	+380 4646
Website	http://kozadm.cg.gov.ua

Kozelets Raion (Ukrainian: Козелецький район, Kozelets'kyi raion) is one of the 22 administrative raions (a district) of the Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the urban-type settlement of Kozelets. Its population was 61,636 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census and 49,636 in 2011.

Geography

The Kozelets Raion is located in the southwestern part of the Chernihiv Oblast, corresponding to the modern-day boundaries of the Polissia historical regions. To its west and south, it borders upon the Vyshhorod and Brovary Raions of the Kiev Oblast. Its total area constitutes 2,660 square kilometres (1,030 sq mi), constituting 8.3 percent of the total area.

History

As part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Oster Raion was created on March 7, 1923, as an administrative entity of the Nizhyn Okruha; later in July of that year, the Kozelets Raion was also created. During the Holodomor, 508 people died throughout 36 settlements in the Kozelets Raion.

Administrative divisions

The Kozelets Raion is divided in a way that follows the general administrative scheme in Ukraine. Local government is also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions are subdivided into councils, which are the prime level of administrative division in the country.

Each of the raion's urban localities administer their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural localities are organized into councils, which also may contain a few villages within its jurisdiction.

Accordingly, the Kozelets Raion is divided into:

• 1 city council—made up of the city of Oster
• 2 settlement councils—made up of the urban-type settlements of Desna and Kozelets (administrative center)
• 40 village councils

Overall, the raion has a total of 111 populated localities, consisting of one city, two urban-type settlements, 106 villages, and 2 rural settlements.

Places of interest

• Mizhrichynskyi Regional Landscape Park
• Cathedral of the Nativity in Kozelets