Popasna Raion

Popasnyanskyi Raion Попаснянський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°41′43″N 38°25′6″E / 48.69528°N 38.41833°E / 48.69528; 38.41833Coordinates: 48°41′43″N 38°25′6″E / 48.69528°N 38.41833°E / 48.69528; 38.41833
Country	Ukraine
Region	Luhansk Oblast
Established	1977
Admin. center	Popasna
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   7 — settlement councils 3 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   7 — urban-type settlements 17 — villages   10 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Stanislav Fironov
Area
• Total	1,325 km2 (512 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	40,696
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	93300—93354
Area code	+380 6474
Website	http://pps.loga.gov.ua

Popasna Raion (Ukrainian: Попаснянський район) is a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The administrative center is the town of Popasna. Population: 40,696 (2013 est.).

On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the urban-type settlement of Chornukhyne was transferred to Popasna Raion from Perevalsk Raion, the urban-type settlement of Novotoshkivske from Kirovsk Municipality, and the towns of Hirske and Zolote and the urban-type settlements of Nyzhnie and Toshkivka from Pervomaisk Municipality.

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:

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