Bakhmut Raion

Bakhmut Raion Бахмутський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 48°51′17.1858″N 38°6′15.4584″E / 48.854773833°N 38.104294000°E / 48.854773833; 38.104294000Coordinates: 48°51′17.1858″N 38°6′15.4584″E / 48.854773833°N 38.104294000°E / 48.854773833; 38.104294000
Country	Ukraine
Region	Donetsk Oblast
Established	N/A
Admin. center	Bakhmut
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 89 — villages    — rural settlements
Area
• Total	1,687 km2 (651 sq mi)
Population
• Total	44,759
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	N/A
Area code	380
Website	Verkhovna Rada website

Bakhmut Raion (Ukrainian: Бахмутський район) is a raion (district) within the northeastern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Bakhmut, but the city itself administratively does not belong the raion. Its area is 1,687 square kilometres. Population: 44,759 (2013 est.).

Created in 1923, in 1924 - 2016 it was known as Artemivsk Raion after its administrative center. Due to the War in Donbass, three smaller municipalities were transferred away from Yenakiieve municipality and transferred to Bakhmut Raion (at that time Artemivsk Raion), among which are Vuhlehirsk municipality, Olkhovatka municipality, and Bulavynske municipality. On 4 February 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed raion to Bakhmut Raion.

Within the Bakhmut Raion there are one city (Siversk), one urban-type settlement (Luhanske), 19 selsovets, and 104 settlements. Also included within the raion are 21 kolhozy, 14 sovhozy, 4 industrial organisations, 43 libraries, and a movie theater.

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:

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