Rivne Raion
Rivne Raion is a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Rivne. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Rivne Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Rivne Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Communities of the district
Number of settlements 439. Number of cities – 6. The district includes 26 territorial communities. The district includes: Rivne, Ostroh, Berezne, Zdolbuniv, Korets, Kostopil urban communities, Sosnove, Hoshcha, Mizoch, Klevan settlement communities, Malynsk, Babyn, Buhryn, Zdovbytsia, Velyki Mezhyrichi, Holovyn, Derazhne, Mala Liubasha, Bila Krynytsia, Velyka Omeliana, Horodok, Dyadkovychi, Zoria, Kornyn, Oleksandriya, Shpaniv rural territorial communities.Geography
The area of the district is 3294.1 km2.The district borders the Sarny, Varash and Dubno districts of the Rivne Oblast, as well as the Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Volyn region of Ukraine.
The relief of the district is flat, partly lowland, covered with pine and oak forests. Varash Raion has reserves of basalt, chalk, clay.
The larger area of the district is located in the Volhynian Upland, in the north - on the Polesian Lowland. On the territory of the district is the, 342 m high, the highest part of the Volyn Upland. Rivne district is located in the basin of the Pripyat River, its right tributary, the Horyn, flows through the district. The climate of the region is moderately continental: winter is mild, with unstable frosts; summer is warm, not hot. Most often, comfortable weather is observed in the summer months. The formation of stable snow cover is noted in the second decade of December. Rainfall 550 mm per year.
The Derman-Ostroh National Nature Park are located on the territory of the Rivne district.