Storozhynets Rayon

Storozhynets Rayon (Сторожинецький район, Raionul Storojineţ is a rayon (administrative district) in Chernivtsi Oblast, (province) in the west of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the town of Storozhynets. It borders with Romania from south, Vyzhnytsia Rayon from west, Kitsman Rayon from north, municipality of Chernivtsi and Hlyboka Rayon from east.

History and population
Until 1775 Bucovina was part of the voivodate of Moldavia From 1775 to 1918, Bucovina was an administrative division of the Habsburg Monarchy, and a province of Austria–Hungary (Austrian half). After World War I, Bucovina became part of Romania. In 1940, the northern half of Bucovina was annexed by the Soviet Union.

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the rayon's population was 95,295. The ethnic composition of the district's population as reported by the census: 56,786 Ukrainians, 35,095 Romanians, 1,367 Russians, 307 Moldovans, and 1,740 other.

The Romanian population is concentrated in the south of the rayon, especially around the town of Krasnoilsk (Crasna).

Settlements
Storozhynets Rayon is composed by:
 * 1 city and 1 urban-type settlement


 * 1 tows - Storozhinets (Storojineţ) - administrative seat
 * 1 urban settlement - Krasnoilsk (Crasna-Ilschi)


 * 37 villages, out of which:
 * 24 communes or selsoviets as follows:


 * 13 villages, which are not selsoviets and do not have their own administration, as follows: