Malyn Raion

Malyn District (Raion) (Ukrainian: Малинський район) was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Malyn, which did not belong to the raion and was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance. The raion covered an area of 1,406 square kilometres (543 sq mi). The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Malyn Raion was merged into Korosten Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 18,010 (2020 est.)[3]

Malyn Raion
Малинський район
Coat of arms of Malyn Raion
Coordinates: 50°49′41″N 29°2′12″E
Country Ukraine
RegionZhytomyr Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerMalyn
Subdivisions
List
  •   0 — city councils
  •   2 — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      0 — cities
  •   2 — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
  Total1,406 km2 (543 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  TotalDecrease 18,010
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

Geography

It was situated in the north-eastern part of the Oblast. Distance Malyn to the Oblast center is a 102 km by highways.

Social and historic tourist objects

There is the row of sights of architecture and town-planning: Mykolaivska church in v. Vorsivka (in 1850), St. Mykhailyvska church in v Ukrainka (end of a ХІХc.); railway station in v. Chopovychi (the end of the ХІХc.).

References

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