Tysmenytsia Raion

Tysmenytsia Raion Тисменицький район
Raion
Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Province	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Established	December 8, 1966
Admin. center	Tysmenytsia
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — village councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements  — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Administration	Volodymyr Semeniv
Area
• Total	736 km2 (284 sq mi)
Population
• Total	85,400
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	774-XX
Area code	380
Website	http://tsm.if.gov.ua/

Tysmenytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Тисменицький район) is an administrative raion (district) of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It was created on December 8, 1966 as Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. Since March 28, 1982 the name of raion is Tysmenytsia when the administrative center of it became the city of Tysmenytsia.

Geography

The raion is located near the eastern border of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. To the north it borders Halych Raion, to the west - Kalush and Bohorodchany raions, to the south - Kolomyia and Nadvirna raions, and to the east - Tlumach Raion with small portion of an oblast demarcation line with Ternopil Oblast. The raion completely surrounds the Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality with numerous villages bordering with it and are part of the city's infrastructure: Uhryniv, Yamnytsia, Drahomyrchany, Zahvizdya, and others. The administrative center of the raion, Tysmenytsia, is only 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) away from Ivano-Frankivsk.

The oldest settlements in the raion are Cherniiv (1404), Stari Kryvotuly (1436), Uhryniv (1440), others.

Government

• Executive: Head of Raion State Administration - Volodymyr Semeniv
• Legislative: Raion Council (85 seats): Chairman - Mykola Nahornyi (Rukh)
  • Tysmenytsya City municipality
  • Yezupil Town municipality
  • Lysets Town municipality
  • 41 rural municipalities (communes) encompassing 48 villages

Education

There are 43 general education schools in the raion with best ones located in Tysmenytsia, Yezupil, Lysets, Markivtsi, Radcha, Stari Kryvotuly, Chorny Lis, and Uhryniv.

Administrative division

Tysmenytsia Raion is divided into several municipalities (councils) some which are urban, others are rural. There are two types of urban municipalities: city and settlement (township). Rural municipalities (communes) may consists of a single village or combined into several villages, however most of the rural municipalities consist of a single village. Also the city of Tysmentsia carries a special status of independent administration within the raion.

Urban (city, township)

• Yezupil
• Lysets
• Tysmenytsia

Rural (communes)

Ten most populous

• Tysmenytsia 9,720
• Cherniiv 3,972
• Stary Lysets 3,795
• Zahvizdya 3,684
• Yamnytsia 3,358
• Uhryniv 3,227
• Stari Kryvotuly 3,112
• Chornoliztsi 3,097
• Radcha 3,062
• Yezupil 3,026

Most of the populous municipalities are located next to the Ivano-Frankivsk city virtually serving as the extraterritorial units of it (suburbs). The smallest municipality of the raion is the Posich municipality which in 2001 accounted to only 84 residents. Note that as a settlement Posich is not the smallest.

External links

	Kalush Raion	Halych Raion	(Ternopil Oblast)
	Kalush Raion / Bohorodchany Raion		Tlumach Raion
	Tysmenytsia
	Bohorodchany Raion / Nadvirna Raion	Nadvirna Raion / Kolomyia Raion	Kolomyia Raion

v t e Populated settlements of Tysmenytsia Raion Administrative center: Tysmenytsia Cities Tysmenytsia Towns Lysets Yezupil Village councils Berezivka Bratkivtsi Cherniiv Chornoliztsi Chukalivka Dobrovlyany Dovhe Drahomyrchany Hannusivka Khomiakivka Klubivtsi Kluziv Kozyno Kolodiivka Lypivka Maidan Markivtsi Myluvannia Novi Kryvotuly Pavlivka Pidlissya Pidluzhia Pidpechery Poberezhia Posich Pshenychnyky Radcha Roshniv Rybne Silets Slobidka Stari Kryvotuly Staryi Lysets Stebnyk Stryhantsi Tyaziv Uhryniv Uzyn Vilshanytsia Yamnytsia Zahvizdya

v t e Administrative divisions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Administrative center: Ivano-Frankivsk Districts Bohorodchany Dolyna Halych Horodenka Kalush Kolomyia Kosiv Nadvirna Rohatyn Rozhniativ Sniatyn Tlumach Tysmenytsia Verkhovyna Cities Regional Bolekhiv Ivano-Frankivsk Kalush Kolomyia Yaremche District Burshtyn Dolyna Halych Horodenka Kosiv Nadvirna Rohatyn Sniatyn Tlumach Tysmenytsia Urban-type settlements · Category:Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast