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.
- City's Mayor
- * Department of patronage service
- * Legal department
- * Department on issues of activities of law enforcement agencies, defense and mobilization operations
- * Department of accounting records and reporting
- * Finance department
- * Department of permit-conciliation procedures
- * Department of State registration
- * Department on issues of Emergency situations
- * Service of prompt response
- Secretary of the City Council
- * Department in assistance for the members of council
- * Department of internal policy
- * Expert-analytic department
- Executive Committee
- * First Deputy of the City's Mayor
- ** Department of Architecture and Urban Development
- ** Department of Capital Construction
- ** Department of registration and allocation of housing
- ** Department of Land Relations
- ** Communal Property Fund of the territorial community Ivano-Frankivsk City
- ** Assistant of the First Deputy of the City's Mayor
- * Deputy of the City's Mayor - Department Director of Communal Living, Transportation and Communication
- ** Department of Communal Living, Transportation and Communication
- ** Assistant of the Deputy of the City's Mayor
- * Deputy of the City's Mayor
- ** Department of Economic and Integral Development
- ** Department of Trade
- ** Assistant of the Deputy of the City's Mayor
- * Deputy of the City's Mayor
- ** Department on issues of Family, Youth and Gender policy
- ** Department on issues of Cultural Heritage Preservation
- ** Service of Children Affairs
- ** Department of Education and Science
- ** Committee on Fitness and Sports
- ** City's Center of social services for family, children and youth
- ** Department of Social Policy
- ** Central City Clinical Hospital
- ** Assistant of the Deputy of the City's Mayor
- * Administrative manager
- ** Department of organizational and information work and control
- ** General Department
- ** Commercial Department
- ** Department of public appeals
- ** Department of Human Resources
- ** Department of software and computer support
- ** Department of Archives
- ** Administrative Commission
- ** City headquarters of public formations on protection of public order
- ** Department on Keeping the State Registry of voters
- ** Secretary-referent
Infrastructure
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
- Independence Street / Tysmenytsya Road
- Halych Road
- Hetman Mazepa Street / Krykhivtsi Road
- Yevhen Konovalets Road
- Vovchynets Street
- Vasyl Stefanyk Shore Drive
Routes
- ' connects Ivano-Frankivsk with Ternopil. It starts at the intersection of Sichovi Striltsi Street and Halych Street - Hetman Mazepa Street. At this point the route connects to H-09. H-18 takes Sichovi Striltsi Street east where after couple of miles connects to Yevhen Konovalets Street, passing which continues on, until merges into Nezalezhnist Street and heads towards the edge of the city eastward. Once beyond the city its name changes to Tysmenytsia Street which heads straight to the city of Tysmenytsia, not far from Ivano-Frnkivsk.
- ' is actually of an international level, coming through the city from Stryi and going to Moldova, passing on its way Chernivtsi. Heading towards Ivano-Frankivsk from Kalush as Kalush :fr:Chaussée|Chaussée, after the village of Pavlivka west of the village of Uhryniv the route spurs three ways with one branch continues on as Kalush :fr:Chaussée|Chaussée merging with H-09 at the intersection with Halych Street - Horbachevsky Street and then continues as Fedkovych Street ; and another one comes around the city on the west side through the village of Pilissya and intersects H-09 south of the village of Drahormychany. Note that at this point for a short distance both routes use one and the same road. From there H-10 continues on independently towards Chernivtsi crossing the T09-06 route near village of Cherniiv. One more branch H-10 is very small and connects the H-10 spur point with the village of Uhryniv and then comes back to the Kalush :fr:Chaussée|Chaussée.
- is sort of a detour route that first travels south from Lviv to Rakhiv and then turns west to Mukacheve. Through Ivano-Frankivsk H-09 makes a lot turns and changes its name using the local streets of the city. It comes to Ivano-Frankivsk from Halych by Halych Street to the intersection with Kalush :fr:Chaussée|Chaussée - Fedkovych Street where it merges with H-10 and continues on turning southeast onto Fedkovych Street as H-09 and later as Halych Street. Once in the downtown H-09 swerves southwest and intersects Sichovi Striltsi Street that going eastward as the route H-18. After the intersection the street heads straight as Hetman Mazepa Street in the southwestern direction. After crossing Dovzhenko Street it leaves the city limits as Krykhivtsi Street. Upon leaving Krykhivtsi and passing Drahomyrchany on the east, H-09 makes a break in the route H-10. After that H-09 heads southwest towards the city of Nadvirna, on the way bypassing the town of Bohorodchany.
- T09-06 is a regional route that runs within the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is a direct road from the Ivano-Frankivsk city to the Nadvirna city unlike H-09, with the final destination being the village of Bystrytsia. T09-06 starts at the intersection of Sichovi Striltsi Street and Konovalets Street heading directly south onto Konovalets Street. It leaves the city west of the Khryplyn village before crossing one of the Bystrytsia rivers. Shortly T09-06 also crosses the H-10 route continuing south.
Rural-urban fringe districts
- BAM
- Kaskad
- Positron
- Budivelnykiv
City's industries
- Ivano-Frankivsk Specialized open-pit mining
- Open joint-stock company “Prykarpattyaoblenergo”
- Government urban enterprise "Ivano-Frankivskteplokomunenergo"
- Ivano-Frankivskgaz, part of State Company "Gaz of Ukraine"
- KP Ivano-Frankivskvodoekotekhprom serving cities of Ivano-Frankivsk, Tysmenytsya and adjacent villages
- * Cherniiv Complex of Water-purification Structures
- * Water-pump stations: "Khryplyn", "Berehova", "Kruhla"
- * Station of biomechanical purification
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.
- "Ukrainska pobutova tekhnika"
- "Tyco Electronics Ukraine Ltd."
- OJSC "Pressmash"
- "Hyrych"
- OJSC "Budivelni materialy"
- "Comfortbud" along with "Beton Group" concrete producing factories
- "Energobud"
- "Ekstim"
- "Prykarpatspetsbud"
- "Prykarpatzhytlobud"
- OJSC "Zhytlobud"
- Build-investment firm «Skol»
- Architecture Company "Atelie Arkhitektury"
- Ivano-Frankivsk Locomotive Repair Plant
- OJSC "Ivano-Frankivsk Valve Plant"
- "Avtolyvmash"
- "Rodon"
- "Promprylad"
The city has numerous food-producing factories, liquor factory, several bakeries, others.
;Strategical
- 63rd Boiling and Welding Plant
City's radio, television, press media
- "Reporter" - Ivano-Frankivsk weekly
- "Halytsky Korrespondent" - a social-political weekly
- "Halychyna" - regional newspaper
- "Zakhidny Polyus " - city's radio
- "Vezha " - city's radio
- "Ivano-Frankivsk ODTRK" - regional State Tele and Radio Company
- "3-Studia" - regional Tele and Radio Company
- "Halychyna" - regional television
Administration
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
- Bohdan Borovych July 1994 – June 1998
- Zinoviy Shkutiak March 1998 – March 26, 2006
- Viktor Anushkevychus March 26, 2006 – December 1, 2015
- Ruslan Martcinkiv December 1, 2015 – present
Administrative division
Municipality City | Population | Area km² | Type | Number of settlements | Water resources |
Ivano-Frankivsk | 215,288 | 83.73 | city | 1 | Bystrytsia of Solotvyn Bystrytsia of Nadvirna |
Khryplyn | 1,887 | 9.58 | rural | 1 | Bystrytsia of Nadvirna |
Krykhivtsi | 4,125 | 6.70 | rural | 1 | Bystrytsia of Solotvyn |
Mykytyntsi | 3,268 | 1.27 | rural | 1 | Bystrytsia of Nadvirna |
Uhornyky | 3,228 | 6.73 | rural | 1 | Bystrytsia of Nadvirna |
Vovchynets | 2,647 | 7.89 | rural | 1 | Bystrytsia of Solotvyn Bystrytsia of Nadvirna |
Total rural | 15,155 | 42.17 | x | x | x |