Berdychiv Raion


Berdychiv Raion is a raion 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. Population:
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. Before the expansion, the area of the raion was ; after the expansion, the area of the raion is. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was

Geography

Berdychiv district borders Zhytomyr district of Zhytomyr Oblast, Kyiv and Vinnytsia regions of Ukraine. The district is located on the Dnieper Upland, the highest point is 249 m above sea level. The territory of the district belongs to the forest-steppe zone, covered with hornbeam-oak forests and meadow steppes. The Teteriv and Ros rivers flow through the district.
Mineral resources of the district: kaolin, granite, brown coal. The climate of the Berdychiv district is moderately continental, with humid summers and mild winters. The average annual temperature is approximately 10 °C, the average temperature in January is 4-5 °C, and in July it is about +20 °C. The annual amount of precipitation is 570 mm.
Berdytsiv is a significant railway junction, through which the railway from Kozyatin-Zdolbuniv-Kovel passes. The European highway E583 to Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia passes through Berdytsiv.

Notable landmarks

The natural reserve fund of the district consists of 9 regional-level reserves, Demchynsky and Raihorodsky parks of landscape art of local importance.

Notable people