List of cities in Luhansk Oblast

There are 37 populated places in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status () by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament. Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status, although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance. As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence, the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital, Luhansk, with a population of 463,097 people, while the least populous city was Almazna, with 5,061 people. To access the statistics, scroll down to the section titled "Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення України" (). Then, click on the linked text "Публікація у електронному вигляді" (). This will download the statistics as a RAR file from which it can be accessed using RAR file converters such as 7-Zip. Almazna is also the most recent settlement to receive city status, having been granted the status by the Verkhovna Rada in 1977.

From independence in 1991 to 2020, 14 cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining 23 cities were located in 18 raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions. On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into eight new, expanded raions. The eight raions that make up the oblast are Alchevsk, Dovzhansk, Luhansk, Rovenky, Shchastia, Siverskodonetsk, Starobilsk, and Svatove. After the enactment of decommunization laws, nine cities within the oblast were renamed in 2016 for their former names' connection to people, places, events, and organizations associated with the Soviet Union. The renamed cities are Bokovo-Khrustalne, Dovzhansk, Holubivka, Kadiivka, Khrustalnyi, Kypuche, Petrovo-Krasnosillia, Sorokyne, and Voznesenivka, which were previously named Vakhrusheve, Sverdlovsk, Kirovsk, Stakhanov, Krasnyi Luch, Artemivsk, Petrovske, Krasnodon, and Chervonopartyzansk, respectively. In 2024, following the passage of derussification laws, the cities Molodohvardiisk, Pervomaisk, and Sievierodonetsk were de jure renamed Otamanivka, Sokolohirsk, and Siverskodonetsk, respectively.

Following the Donbas war, pro-Russian separatist forces occupied all 25 cities located in the Alchevsk, Dovzhansk, Luhansk, and Rovenky raions by 2014. Additional cities were occupied by Russian troops after 24 February 2022, during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Since the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Lysychansk on 3 July 2022, all cities in the oblast have been occupied by Russian forces.

List of cities

+ Name Name(in Ukrainian) Raion (district) Population(2022 estimates) Population(2001 census) PopulationchangeAlchevsk Алчевськ Alchevsk Almazna Алмазна Alchevsk Antratsyt Антрацит Rovenky Bokovo-Khrustalne Боково-Хрустальне Rovenky Brianka Брянка Alchevsk Dovzhansk Довжанськ Dovzhansk Hirske Гірське Siverskodonetsk Holubivka Голубівка Alchevsk Irmino Ірміно Alchevsk Kadiivka Кадіївка Alchevsk Khrustalnyi Хрустальний Rovenky Kreminna Кремінна Siverskodonetsk Kypuche Кипуче Alchevsk Luhansk Луганськ Luhansk Lutuhyne Лутугине Luhansk Lysychansk Лисичанськ Siverskodonetsk Miusynsk Міусинськ Rovenky Novodruzhesk Новодружеськ Siverskodonetsk Oleksandrivsk Олександрівськ Luhansk Otamanivka Отаманівка Luhansk Perevalsk Перевальськ Alchevsk Petrovo-Krasnosillia Петрово-Красносілля Rovenky Popasna Попасна Siverskodonetsk Pryvillia Привілля Siverskodonetsk Rovenky Ровеньки Rovenky Rubizhne Рубіжне Siverskodonetsk Shchastia Щастя Shchastia Siverskodonetsk Сіверськодонецьк Siverskodonetsk Sokolohirsk Сокологірськ Alchevsk Sorokyne Сорокине Dovzhansk Starobilsk Старобільськ Starobilsk Sukhodilsk Суходільськ Dovzhansk Svatove Сватове Svatove Voznesenivka Вознесенівка Dovzhansk Zolote Золоте Siverskodonetsk Zorynsk Зоринськ Alchevsk Zymohiria Зимогір'я Alchevsk

List of cities in Luhansk Oblast

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