Storozhynetskyi Raion
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Storozhynets Raion is a raion
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

 (administrative district) in Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine, bordering on Romania and Moldova. It has a large variety of landforms: the Carpathian Mountains and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to a broad partly forested plain situated between the Dniester and Prut rivers....

, (province
Oblast
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) in the southwest of Ukraine
Ukraine
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, administrative center is Storozhynets. It borders with Romania
Romania
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 from south, Vyzhnytsia Raion from west, Kitsman Raion from north, municipality of Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. The city is situated on the upper course of the River Prut, a tributary of the Danube, in the northern part of the historic region of Bukovina, which is currently divided between Romania and Ukraine...

 and Hlyboka Raion from east.

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

The Romanian population is concentrated in the south of the raion, especially around the village of Krasnoilsk
Krasnoilsk
Krasnoyilsk is a town in the Storozhynetskyi Raion , of the Chernivtsi Oblast in the west of Ukraine.Krasnoylsk is located 8 km from the Ukrainian border with Romania and according to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had 9,142 people , out of which almost all are Romanians.-External links:*, at...

.http://noinu.rdscj.ro/article.php?articleID=146&document=4

The raion has 1 city (Storozhynets), 1 town (Krasnoilsk) and 37 villages. These villages are listed in below:
  • Banyliv Pidhirnyi (Romanian: Bănila pe Siret, Bănila Moldovenească between 1922–1944, German: Augustendorf)
  • Bobivtsi (Romanian: Bobești)
  • Novi Broshkivtsi (Romanian: Broscăuții Noi, German: Broschkoutz Neu)
  • Stari Broshkivtsi (Romanian: Broscăuții Vechi, German: Broschkoutz Alt)
  • Budenets (Romanian: Budineț, German: Budinetz, has Romanian majority)
  • Kamiana (Romanian: Camena, German: Kamena)
  • Cheresh (Cireș, German: Cziresz, has Romanian majority)
  • Chudey (Romanian: Ciudei, German: Czudyn, Mezhirechye between 1944–1995, has Romanian majority)
  • Komarovtsi (Romanian: Comărești)
  • Kostintsy (Romanian: Costești, German: Kostestie)
  • Staraya Krasnoshora (Romanian: Crăsnișoara Veche, Polish: Stara Huta Krasna, German: Althütte, former Ukrainian: Altkhyute between 1775–1918, has Polish majority)
  • Velykyy Kochuriv (Romanian: Cuciurul Mare, Romanian: Kuczurmare, Polish: Kuczurów Wielki)
  • Davydivka (Romanian: Davideni, German: Dawideny)
  • Yizhivtsi (Romanian: Igești, German: Idzestie, has Romanian majority)
  • Stara Zhadova (Romanian: Jadova, German: Zadowa Alt)
  • Mikhalcha (Romanian: Mihalcea, German: Mihalcze)
  • Panka (Romanian: Panca, German: Panka)
  • Nyzhni Petrivtsi (Romanian: Pătrăuții de Jos, German: Unter Petroutz, Polish: Pietrowce Dolne, has Romanian majority)
  • Verkhni Petrivtsi (Romanian: Pătrăuții de Sus, German: Ober Petroutz, has Romanian majority)
  • Ropcha (Romanian: Ropcea, has Romanian majority)
  • Sloboda-Komarivtsi (Romanian: Slobozia Comăreștilor, German: Komarestie Slobodzia)
  • Sniachiv (Romanian: Sneci, Polish: Sniacziw)
  • Tysovets (Romanian: Tișăuți, German: Teschoutz)
  • Zrub-Komarivskyi (Romanian: Trei Movile)
  • Arshytsia (Romanian: Arșița, has Romanian majority)
  • Kabivtsi (Romanian: Căbești, German: Kabestie)
  • Kosovanka (Romanian: Cosovanca)
  • Nova Kranoshora (Romanian: Crăsnișoara Nouă, German: Neuhütte, has Romanian majority)
  • Dubove (Romanian: Dubova)
  • Dibrivka (Romanian: Dumbrava)
  • Hlybochok (Romanian: Hlibacioc)
  • Hodyliv (Romanian: Hodilău)
  • Nova Zhadova (Romanian: Jadova Nouă, German: Zadowa Alt)
  • Spaska (Romanian: Spasca)
  • Ursoia (Romanian: Ursoaia, Usole between 1944–1995, has Romanian majority)
  • Zabolottia (Romanian: Zabolotie, Yablonovets between 1944–1995)
  • Zavoloka (Romanian: Zavoloca)
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