Kostopil urban hromada

Kostopil urban territorial hromada is a hromada located in the Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine. Its seat of government is the city of Kostopil. The hromada currently covers an area of 653.4 square kilometers, and has a total population of 44,042

Geography

The Kostopil urban territorial hromada borders the Volyn Oblast of Ukraine.
The relief of the hromada is flat, partly lowland, covered with pine and oak forests. Kostopil urban territorial hromada has reserves of basalt, chalk, clay.
The larger area of the Kostopil urban territorial hromada is located in the Volhynian Upland, in the north - on the Polesian Lowland. Kostopil hromada is located in the basin of the Pripyat River, its right tributary, the Horyn, flows through the district.

Climate

Kostopil urban hromada has a humid continental warm summer climate. It sees the least rainfall in February, with an average precipitation of 42 mm; and the most in July, with 107 mm of average rainfall.

Settlements

The hromada comprises one city, Kostopil, and the following 29 villages:

History

Since 1939, this region had been a part of Kostopil Raion. On 12 June 2020, the government of Ukraine approved Decree No. 722-r, which reformed the administrative divisions of Rivne Oblast. Under this decree, Kostopil Raion was merged into Rivne Raion, and its territory was divided into two territorial hromadas: Holovyn and Kostopil.