Yaremche Municipality
| Yaremche Municipality Яремчанська міська рада | |
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| Raion | |
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| Country |
 Ukraine |
| Region | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Established | December 30, 1977 |
| Admin. center | Yaremche |
| Subdivisions |
List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Vasyl Onutchak |
| Area | |
| • Total | 657 km2 (254 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 20,821 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Area code | +380-3434 |
Yaremche Municipality is an administrative subdivision of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
Overview
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2007 | 21,765 | — |
| 2008 | 21,844 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 21,975 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 22,187 | +1.0% |
| Note: 2010 data is valid thru October Source: Regional Statistics Office | ||
The municipality was created on December 30, 1977 out of the Nadvirna Raion. In 2006 the official name of it changed from Yaremcha to Yaremche. On December 14, 2006 the spelling of Yaremche officially has changed from Yaremcha. Most of the municipality is located within the Nadvirna Raion consisting of three non-adjacent territories (split by high mountains), one of which is bordering also Zakarpattya Oblast.
Administrative division
- Urban municipalities
- Rural municipalities (communes)
- Mykulychyn
- Polyanytsya
- Tatariv
- Yablunytsya (Voronenko)
Geography
The Yaremche municipality is located on the northeastern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains. It possesses numerous ski resorts such as Bukovel, there are also several of them near Vorokhta as well.
The main body of water is Prut river.
Infrastructure
Transportation
There is a railroad communication. The main railway terminal is located in Yaremche, however there is a rail station in Vorokhta as well. Through the municipality also run several automobile roads such as the national route H09 and the regional - P24 that starting at Tatariv and making some loop eventually heads to Ternopil Oblast. The closest airport is located in Ivano-Frankivsk.
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