Zhydachiv Raion

Zhydachiv Raion Жидачівський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°21′35″N 24°14′19″E / 49.35972°N 24.23861°E / 49.35972; 24.23861
Country	Ukraine
Region	Lviv Oblast
Established	1939
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Zhydachiv
Subdivisions	List — city councils — settlement councils — rural councils Number of localities: — cities — urban-type settlements 113 — villages — rural settlements
Area
• Total	996 km² (385 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	65,186
• Density	65/km² (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	81700—81798
Area code	380-3239

Zhydachiv Raion (Ukrainian: Жидачівський район) was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Zhydachiv. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Zhydachiv Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.^[1]^[2] The last estimate of the raion population was 65,186 (2020 est.).^[3]

It was established in 1939.

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four hromadas:^[4]

Hnizdychiv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Hnizdychiv;
Khodoriv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Khodoriv;
Zhuravne settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Zhuravne;
Zhydachiv urban hromada with the administration in Zhydachiv.