Berdychiv Raion (Ukrainian: Бердичівський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Berdychiv. The raion is located in the southern part of the oblast; the distance between Zhytomyr and Berdychiv is 43 kilometres (27 mi). Population: 156,419 (2022 estimate).[1]

Berdychiv Raion
Бердичівський район
Flag of Berdychiv Raion
Coat of arms of Berdychiv Raion
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Location of Berdychiv Raion
Coordinates: 49°56′4″N 28°36′42″E / 49.93444°N 28.61167°E / 49.93444; 28.61167
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast
Admin. centerBerdychiv
Subdivisions10 hromadas
Area
 • Total
3,018.5 km2 (1,165.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
156,419
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Berdychiv Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] Before the expansion, the area of the raion was 865.2 square kilometres (334.1 sq mi); after the expansion, the area of the raion is 3,018.5 square kilometres (1,165.4 sq mi). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 27,587 (2020 est.).[4]

Natural tourist objects

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Demchynskyi and Rayhorodskiy park-memorials landscape of gardening art of local value, hydro-recreation resource of the river Hnylopiat.

The natives of the district

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  • figure of the Polish national movement Edmund Różycki (vil. Ahativka)
  • doctor of Economic I.Oliynyk
  • opera singer G.Shapovalov (vil. Zhurbyntsi)
  • rector of Zhytomyr pedagogical institute P. Gornostai (vil. Ivankivtsi)
  • doctor of Biological S. Markevych (vil. Katerynivka)
  • doctor of Philological P.Bilous
  • Honored trainer of the USSR V.Lonskyi (vil. Obukhivka)
  • poet M. Pasichnyk (vil. Polovetske)
  • bibliographer and literary critic M.Gumenyuk (vil. Reia)
  • the Doctor of engineering, general I. Oliynyk (vil. Skraglivka)
  • doctor of Arts and Philosophy D. Stepovyk, (vil. Slobodshche)
  • doctor of biological Ye. Kondratyuk (vil. Old Solotvyn)
  • classic of English literature Joseph Conrad
  • author, memorialist Stefan Borovskyi (s. Terekhove)
  • corresponding member of Academy of Science of the USSR
  • a physicist, Hero of the Soviet Union V. Mostovyi (s. Khazhyn)
 
Berdychiv Raion in Zhytomyr Oblast (1966-2020)

References

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  1. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
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