[1] From the 12th century, the area that is now Sheptytskyi Raion was part of the Duchy of Belz, before being incorporated into the Polish Belz Voivodeship in the 15th century.

The areas became part of the Ukrainian SSR as a result of the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange.

[3][4] On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Chervonohrad Raion to Sheptytskyi Raion along with the renaming of Chervonohrad to Sheptytskyi.

[5] Sheptytskyi Raion is located in the northern part of Lviv Oblast, on the Poland–Ukraine border.

The design elements invoke the flags of the former Radekhiv Raion and Sokal Raion, as well as references to the city of Sheptytskyi and the older political history of the land.