Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality


Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality is an administrative subdivision of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast located within the Tysmenytsia Raion and is completely surrounded by that raion. It consists of the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, the administrative center of the oblast, and a number of rural localities. Population:.

Overview

The municipality was created before the World War II in 1940 after reorganization of the Stanisławów Voivodeship. In 1962 the official name of it changed from Stanislav to Ivano-Frankivsk after the administrative center. It is located within the Tysmenytsia District and consists of one city municipality and five rural ones. Through the municipality flow two major rivers of the region Bystrytsias of Solotvyn and Nadvirna and one smaller one Vorona. Most of the territory is flat, however there are some elevated areas in northern parts near Vovchynets known as Vovchynets Hills. There is also several lakes located within the city of Ivano-Frankivsk around which stretches a city park.

Demographics

Government

The city has its own council that is considered to be the main governing body of the municipality and is subordinated to the regional authorities.
The executive body is headed by the city's mayor who is charge of his/hers executive committee.
;Public transportation
The city of Ivano-Frankivsk has an extensive network of public transport including buses, trolleybuses, and taxis. There are nine trolleybus routes and about 52 for regular buses. Some of the routes run beyond the city into nearby villages.
;Railway transportation
There is one railway terminal locally known as Vokzal. There are also smaller rail stations in the adjacent villages such as Uhryniv, Khryplyn, and other. All of them are part of the Lviv Railways.
;Bus transportation
Until 2008 the railway terminal also housed a bus terminal which provided several inter-city bus routes, including some to international destinations. In 2000 construction work began on a new bus terminal next to the railway terminus on Zaliznychna Street. Inauguration of the new bus terminal took place on May 22, 2010. At the opening ceremony the mayor of the city, Viktor Anushkevichus, noted that the new bus terminal was only partially completed, and for a period it would be necessary to offload at the Pryvokzalna Square, which is already saturated with traffic. He also emphasised the need for another bus station on the outskirts of the city.
;Airways transportation
The city is served by the Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport, which was granted international status in 1992. The airport shares its facilities with the 114 Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force. Since 2002 the airport has been leased to the private enterprise company "Yavson", and from 2005 the Public limited company "Naftokhimik Prykarpattia", a with whom the contract expires in 2013.
;Lodging
Lodging in the city is numerous. Among big hotels and motels there is a big variety of all kinds of lodging. Ivano-Frankivsk has one a four-star hotel and three three-star hotels.

Streets

All street names reflecting the city's Soviet or Russian past have been returned to their former names, or given new names of national historic importance, or other non-controversial name. For example, Gagarin Street became Vovchynets Street, Suvorov Street is now Harbar Street, and Soviet Street is Nezalezhnist Street.
Around 100 other streets were renamed.
;Important transportation arteries
The city of Ivano-Frankivsk is located on the intersection of three major national routes: ', ', and '. There also is one important regional route T09-06. All the H-routes eventually connect to '.
As a lot of regional centers in Ukraine and the former Soviet Union, Ivano-Frankivsk is also notorious for its rural-urban fringe panel building residential districts.
;Extracting
;Energy
;Utilities
;Khryplyn Investment-Industrial Zone
The industrial zone is located just east of Ivano-Frankivsk across Bystrytsia river in the village of Khryplyn. There is a well established railroad station. In 2007–2008 the infrastructure of the area was improved heavily with an installation of additional pipelines of water and gas as well as electrification and road improvement.
;Construction and Architecture
;Machine-building
;Food-producing
The city has numerous food-producing factories, liquor factory, several bakeries, others.
;Strategical
;Press
;Radio
;Television
Both city and oblast administrations as well as the regional council are all located in a massive white building on the Hrushevsky Street locally known as Bily Dim or Bily Budynok. In front of the building is a big open space bordered by Shpytalna Street on the north-east, Hrushevsky Street on the south-east, and Melnychuk Street on the south-west. Next to the building is located a memorial to the Unification of the Western Ukraine with the rest of Ukraine. The main feature of the memorial is a tall marble stele, on the both sides of which are located statues: kamenyar and kobzar.

City's Council

The city's council currently consists of 60 deputies. The political representation of the V convocation by political bloks was elected as such: Our Ukraine 22, BYuT 17, Ukrainian People's Party 14, Party of Regions 4, PORA 3.

Recent city mayors


Municipality
City		Population
Area
km²		Type
Number of
settlements		Water resources
Ivano-Frankivsk215,28883.73city1Bystrytsia of Solotvyn
Bystrytsia of Nadvirna
Khryplyn1,8879.58rural1Bystrytsia of Nadvirna
Krykhivtsi4,1256.70rural1Bystrytsia of Solotvyn
Mykytyntsi3,2681.27rural1Bystrytsia of Nadvirna
Uhornyky3,2286.73rural1Bystrytsia of Nadvirna
Vovchynets2,6477.89rural1Bystrytsia of Solotvyn
Bystrytsia of Nadvirna
Total rural15,15542.17xxx