Snovsk Raion

Snovsk Raion (Ukrainian: Сновський район), until May 2016 Shchors Raion (Ukrainian: Щорський район), was a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Snovsk. 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 Snovsk Raion was merged into Koriukivka Raion^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 22,405 (2020 est.)^[3]

Snovsk Raion Сновський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Raion location in Chernihiv Oblast
Coordinates: 51°52′8″N 31°55′56″E / 51.86889°N 31.93222°E / 51.86889; 31.93222
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernihiv Oblast
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Snovsk
Area
• Total	1,283 km^2 (495 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	22,405
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://schorsadm.cg.gov.ua/

On 21 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Shchors Raion to Snovsk Raion and Shchors to Snovsk according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.^[4]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromada, Snovsk urban hromada with the administration in Snovsk.^[5]

References

1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
4. "Про перейменування деяких населених пунктів" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
5. "Сновська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.