Vasylkivka Raion

Vasylkivka Raion (Ukrainian: Васильківський район) was a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the urban-type settlement of Vasylkivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Vasylkivka Raion was merged into Synelnykove Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 31,093 (2020 est.)[3].

Vasylkivka Raion
Васильківський район
Flag of Vasylkivka Raion
Coat of arms of Vasylkivka Raion
Coordinates: 48°12′22.5″N 36°2′5″E
Country Ukraine
RegionDnipropetrovsk Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerVasylkivka
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
  Total1,330 km2 (510 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total31,093
  Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

In the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Dmytro Yarosh as a Right Sector candidate won a parliament seat (the only one for Right Sector) by winning single-member districts number 39 ("Vasylkivka") located in Vasylkivka Raion and neighbouring raions with 29.76% of the votes.[4]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:[5]

  • Mykolaivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mykolaivka;
  • Vasylkivka settlement hromada with the administration in Vasylkivka.

In August 2020, Mykolaivka rural hromada was renamed Dubovyky rural hromada, and its administration was moved to the selo of Dubovyky.[6]

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