the administrative center of the raion is the city of Svatove.

[1] On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Luhansk Oblast was reduced to eight.

The area of Svatove Raion was significantly expanded.

[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 33,302 (2020 est.).

[4] The raion contains seven hromadas:[citation needed] As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[5]