Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion

Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Новгород-Сіверський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Novhorod-Siverskyi. Population: 62,141 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion Новгород-Сіверський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Raion location in Chernihiv Oblast
Coordinates: 52°4′38″N 33°6′58″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernihiv Oblast
Admin. center	Novhorod-Siverskyi
Subdivisions	4 hromadas
Area
• Total	1,804 km2 (697 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	62,141
• Density	34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Korop and Semenivka Raions, as well as the city of Novhorod-Siverskyi, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion.^[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 12,340 (2020 est.).^[4]

Subdivisions

Current

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 4 hromadas:^[3]

• Korop settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Korop, transferred from Korop Raion;^[5]
• Novhorod-Siverskyi urban hromada with the administration in the city of Novhorod-Siverskyi, retained from Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion and Novhorod-Siverskyi Municipality.
• Ponornytsia settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Ponornytsia, transferred from Korop Raion;^[5]
• Semenivka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Semenivka, transferred from Semenivka Raion.^[6]

Before 2020

Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion in Chernihiv Oblast before 2020

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada, Novhorod-Siverskyi urban hromada with the administration in Novhorod-Siverskyi. The hromada also included Novhorod-Siverskyi Municipality.^[7]