Sheptytskyi Raion

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. On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Chervonohrad Raion to Sheptytskyi Raion along with the renaming of Chervonohrad to Sheptytskyi. ==Geography==

Sheptytskyi Raion is located in the northern part of Lviv Oblast, on the Poland–Ukraine border. Subdivisions The raion consists of 7 hromadas: • Dobrotvir settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Dobrotvir, transferred from Kamianka-Buzka Raion; • Lopatyn settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Lopatyn, transferred from Radekhiv Raion; • Radekhiv urban hromada with the administration in the city of Radekhiv, transferred from Radekhiv Raion; • Sokal urban hromada with the administration in the city of Sokal, transferred from Sokal Raion; • Velyki Mosty urban hromada with the administration in the city of Velyki Mosty, transferred from Sokal Raion. ==Symbols==

New designs for the coat of arms and flag of the raion were approved on 20 August 2021. 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. ==References==