{{Short description|Subdivision of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Berdychiv Raion | native_name = Бердичівський район | native_name_lang = uk<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. --> | settlement_type = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Berdychivsky Flag 2008.svg | flag_alt = Flag of Berdychiv Raion | image_shield = Berdychiv_Raion_CoA.png | shield_alt = Coat of arms of Berdychiv Raion | mapframe = yes | mapframe-point = none | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|49|56|4|N|28|36|42|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Zhytomyr Oblast}} | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts = [[#Subdivisions|10 hromadas]] | established_title = Established | established_date = | seat_type = [[Administrative centre|Admin. center]] | seat = [[Berdychiv]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = | leader_title1 = Chairman | leader_name1 = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3018.5 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="ua2022estimate"/> | population_total = 156419 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone1 = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset1 = +02:00 | timezone1_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +03:00 | postal_code_type = [[Ukrainian postal codes|Postal index]] | postal_code = | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Ukraine|Area code]] | area_code = +380 | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Berdychiv Raion''' ({{langx|uk|Бердичівський район}}) is a [[Raions of Ukraine|raion]] (district) 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 {{convert|43|km|mi}}. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|156,419|.}}
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. <!--Two abolished raions, [[Chornobai Raion|Chornobai]] and [[Drabiv Raion]]s, as well as the city of Berdychiv, which was previously incorporated as a [[City of regional significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance]] and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Berdychiv Raion.--><ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref name="2020_reform_maps">{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref> Before the expansion, the area of the raion was {{convert|865.2|km2|mi2}}; after the expansion, the area of the raion is {{convert|3018.5|km2|mi2}}. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|27,587|.}}
== Geography == Berdychiv district borders [[Zhytomyr Raion|Zhytomyr district]] of [[Zhytomyr Oblast]], [[Kyiv Oblast|Kyiv]] and [[Vinnytsia Oblast|Vinnytsia]] regions of [[Ukraine]]. The district is located on the [[Dnieper Upland]], the highest point is 249 m above sea level.<ref>''Житомирська область: географічний атлас''. Вид. 5-е, випр. і допов. / відпов. ред. М. Ю. Костриця. Київ: ТОВ «Вид-во «Мапа», 2012. 23 с. Retrieved 2025-06-26</ref><ref name=":0">[https://mepr.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Regionalna-dopovid-ZHytomyrska-ODA-2021.pdf ''Регіональна доповідь про стан навколишнього природного середовища'' в ''Житомирській області'' за ''2021''] Житомирська обласна військова адміністрація Retrieved 2025-06-26</ref> The territory of the district belongs to the [[Forest steppe|forest-steppe]] zone, covered with [[hornbeam]]-[[oak]] forests and [[Steppe|meadow steppes]]. The [[Teteriv]] and [[Ros (river)|Ros]] rivers flow through the district ([[Dnieper basin]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |last4= |last5= |title=Бердичівський район |url=https://maps.visicom.ua/c/28.36945,49.91542,10/f/ADMUA5G9K?lang=uk |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=maps.visicom.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
Mineral resources of the district: kaolin, granite, brown coal.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Корисні копалини Житомирської області |url=https://insgeo.com.ua/korysni-kopalyny-zhytomyrshchyny/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |language=uk-UA}}</ref><ref>Національний атлас України, с. 132 Retrieved 2025-06-26</ref> 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.<ref>Костриця М. Ю. Географія Житомирської області. Ж., 1993. Retrieved 2025-06-26</ref><ref name=":0" />
Berdytsiv is a significant railway junction, through which the railway from [[Koziatyn|Kozyatin]]-[[Zdolbuniv]]-[[Kovel]] passes. The European highway [[European route E583|E583]] to Zhytomyr and [[Vinnytsia]] passes through Berdytsiv.<ref>Національний атлас України, с. 391 Retrieved 2025-06-26</ref><ref>Постанова Кабінету Міністрів України від 30 січня 2019 року № 55 [https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/55-2019-%D0%BF#Text «Про затвердження переліку автомобільних доріг загального користування державного значення»] Retrieved 2025-06-24</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Природно-заповідний фонд України |url=http://pzf.land.kiev.ua/ |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=pzf.land.kiev.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
[[File:Berdychivskyi-Raion.png|thumb|Berdychiv Raion in Zhytomyr Oblast [[List of raions of Ukraine (1966-2020)|(1966-2020)]]]]
== Notable people == * figure of the Polish national movement [[Edmund Różycki]] (vil. Ahativka) * doctor of Economic I.Oliynyk * opera singer G.Shapovalov (vil. Zhurbyntsi) * rector of Zhytomyr pedagogical institute P. Gornostai (vil. Ivankivtsi) * doctor of Biological S. Markevych (vil. Katerynivka) * doctor of Philological P.Bilous * Honored trainer of the USSR V.Lonskyi (vil. Obukhivka) * poet M. Pasichnyk (vil. Polovetske) * bibliographer and literary critic M.Gumenyuk (vil. Reia) * the Doctor of engineering, general I. Oliynyk (vil. Skraglivka) * doctor of Arts and Philosophy D. Stepovyk, (vil. Slobodshche) * doctor of biological Ye. Kondratyuk (vil. Old Solotvyn) * classic of English literature [[Joseph Conrad]] * author, memorialist Stefan Borovskyi (s. Terekhove) * corresponding member of Academy of Science of the USSR * a physicist, Hero of the Soviet Union V. Mostovyi (s. Khazhyn)
== Bibliography ==
* Національний атлас України/НАН України, Інститут географії, Державна служба геодезії, картографії та кадастру; голов. ред. Л. Г. Руденко; голова ред. кол.Б.Є. Патон. — К.: ДНВП «Картографія», 2007. — 435 с. — 5 тис.прим. — ISBN 978-966-475-067-4.
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://archive.today/20130419082216/http://ukrainian.travel/index.php?option=com_gmaps&task=point&id=3538&Itemid=59&lang=en Find out Berdychiv District @ Ukrainian.Travel] {en}
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