Berdychiv Raion
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 | |
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| Coordinates: 49°56′4″N 28°36′42″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Admin. center | Berdychiv |
| Subdivisions | 10 hromadas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,018.5 km2 (1,165.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 156,419 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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
Demchynskyi and Rayhorodskiy park-memorials landscape of gardening art of local value, hydro-recreation resource of the river Hnylopiat.
The natives of the district
- 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)
References
- 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.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- 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.