Vyzhnytsia Raion

Vyzhnytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Вижницький район) is an administrative raion (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast, located in the historical region of Bukovina, in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border.

The region has an area of 1,896 square kilometres (732 sq mi) and centers on the city of Vyzhnytsia.

[1] On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Vyzhnytsia Raion was significantly expanded.

[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 55,095 (2020 est.).

[4] After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 9 hromadas:[3] Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas:[7]

Vyzhnytsia Raion in Chernivtsi Oblast (1966-2020)