Yaremche Municipality

Yaremche Municipality Яремчанська міська рада
Raion
Coordinates: 48°28′15″N 24°34′46″E / 48.47083°N 24.57944°ECoordinates: 48°28′15″N 24°34′46″E / 48.47083°N 24.57944°E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Established	December 30, 1977
Admin. center	Yaremche
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 4 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 5 — villages   0 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Vasyl Onutchak
Area
• Total	657 km^2 (254 sq mi)
Population
• Total	22,604
• Density	34/km^2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Area code	+380-3434

Yaremche Municipality is an administrative subdivision of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Population: 22,604 (2013 est.)^[1].

Overview

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2007	21,765	—
2008	21,844	+0.4%
2009	21,975	+0.6%
2010	22,187	+1.0%
Note: 2010 data is valid thru October Source: Regional Statistics Office

The municipality was created on December 30, 1977 out of the Nadvirna Raion. In 2006 the official name of it changed from Yaremcha to Yaremche. On December 14, 2006 the spelling of Yaremche officially has changed from Yaremcha. Most of the municipality is located within the Nadvirna Raion consisting of three non-adjacent territories (split by high mountains), one of which is bordering also Zakarpattya Oblast.

Administrative division

Urban municipalities

• Yaremche
• Vorokhta (township)

Rural municipalities (communes)

• Mykulychyn
• Polyanytsya
• Tatariv
• Yablunytsya (Voronenko)

Geography

The Yaremche municipality is located on the northeastern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains. It possesses numerous ski resorts such as Bukovel, there are also several of them near Vorokhta as well.

The main body of water is Prut river.

Infrastructure

Transportation

There is a railroad communication. The main railway terminal is located in Yaremche, however there is a rail station in Vorokhta as well. Through the municipality also run several automobile roads such as the national route H09 and the regional - P24 that starting at Tatariv and making some loop eventually heads to Ternopil Oblast. The closest airport is located in Ivano-Frankivsk.

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.