{{Short description|Subdivision of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Berestyn Raion | other_name = | native_name = Берестинський район | settlement_type = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]] | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = UKR Красноградський район flag.png | image_shield = Vollwappen Rajon Krasnohrad.png | image_map = Krasnogradskiy rayon 2020.svg | map_caption = Raion location in [[Kharkiv Oblast]] | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|49|23|45.0636|N|35|31|7.464|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kharkiv Oblast}} | seat_type = [[Capital city|Admin. center]] | seat = [[Berestyn]] | leader_title = | leader_name = | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts = [[#Subdivisions|6 hromadas]] | area_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://decentralization.gov.ua/areas/0572/rayons |title=Харківська область - Райони |access-date=2023-01-07 |archive-date=2022-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127043135/https://decentralization.gov.ua/areas/0572/rayons |url-status=dead }}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 4334.2 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_footnotes = <ref name="ua2022estimate"/> | population_total = 103856 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 }} '''Berestyn Raion''' ({{Langx|uk|Берестинський район}}), formerly known as '''Krasnohrad Raion''' ({{Langx|uk|Красноградський район}}) is a [[raion]] ([[district]]) in [[Kharkiv Oblast]] of [[Ukraine]]. Its [[administrative center]] is the town of [[Berestyn]]. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|103,856|punct=.}}
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Krasnohrad Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, [[Kehychivka Raion|Kehychivka]], [[Sakhnovshchyna Raion|Sakhnovshchyna]], and [[Zachepylivka Raion]]s, as well as part of [[Nova Vodolaha Raion]], were merged into Krasnohrad 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_maps2">{{cite web |title=Склад громади |url=https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4691 |access-date=2020-10-03 |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref> The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|43,034|.}}
On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Krasnohrad Raion to Berestyn Raion.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |script-title=uk:Проект Постанови про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів |trans-title=Draft resolution on renaming individual populated places and raions |url=https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/44913 |archive-url= |access-date=2024-09-19}}</ref>
==Subdivisions== ===Current=== After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 6 [[hromada]]s:<ref name="2020_reform_maps2" /> * [[Krasnohrad urban hromada|Berestyn urban hromada]] with the administration in the city of [[Berestyn]], retained from Krasnohrad Raion; * [[Kehychivka settlement hromada]] with the administration in the [[Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements|rural settlement]] of [[Kehychivka]], transferred from Kehychivka Raion;<ref name="admreform_2020_kehychivka">{{cite web |title=Кегичівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Харьковская-область/Кегичевский-район/ |access-date=2020-10-03 |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}</ref> * [[Natalyne rural hromada]] with the administration in the [[Village#Ukraine|village]] of [[Natalyne, Kharkiv Oblast|Natalyne]], retained from Krasnohrad Raion; * [[Sakhnovshchyna settlement hromada]] with the administration in the rural settlement of [[Sakhnovshchyna]], transferred from Sakhnovshchyna Raion;<ref name="admreform_2020_sakhnovshchyna">{{cite web |title=Сахновщинська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Харьковская-область/Сахновщинский-район/ |access-date=2020-10-03 |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}</ref> * [[Starovirivka rural hromada]] with the administration in the village of [[Starovirivka, Krasnohrad Raion, Kharkiv Oblast|Starovirivka]], transferred from Nova Vodolaha Raion.<ref name="admreform_2020_nova_vodolaha">{{cite web |title=Нововодолазька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Харьковская-область/Нововодолажский-район/ |access-date=2020-10-03 |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}</ref> * [[Zachepylivka settlement hromada]] with the administration in the rural settlement of [[Zachepylivka]], transferred from Zachepylivka Raion.<ref name="admreform_2020_zachepylivka">{{cite web |title=Зачепилівська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Харьковская-область/Зачепиловский-район/ |access-date=2020-10-03 |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}</ref>
===Before 2020=== [[File:Krasnohradskyi-Raion.png|thumb|Krasnohrad Raion in Kharkiv Oblast before 2020]] Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas:<ref>{{cite web |title=Красноградська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Харьковская-область/Красноградский-район// |access-date=2020-10-03 |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}</ref> * Krasnohrad urban hromada with the administration in [[Berestyn|Krasnohrad]]; * Natalyne rural hromada with the administration in Natalyne.
== Geography == The territory of the Berestyn raion is located on the [[Poltava Plain]] and [[Dnieper Lowland]], within the [[forest steppe]] natural zone. The relief of the district is an undulating plain with ravines and gullies.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Географія |url=https://kharkivoda.gov.ua/pro-oblast/heohrafiya |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Харківська обласна військова адміністрація |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-07 |title=Географічна довідка - Берестинська районна військова адміністрація |url=https://krasnogradrda.gov.ua/pro-rajon/geografichna-dovidka/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |language=uk}}</ref>
The climate of the raion is temperate continental with cold winters and hot summers. The average annual temperature is +7.3 °C (in January -5.1, in July +19,7). The average annual rainfall is 520 mm. The highest rainfall occurs in the summer. There are large forest areas (pine and deciduous trees) on the territory of the raion. The soils of the community are [[Chernozem|chernozems]] and meadow soils.<ref name=":22">Харківська область. Географічний атлас. Серія «Моя мала Батьківщина» – 2021 р{{ISBN|978-617-7208-58-6}} Retrieved 2025-07-03</ref><ref name=":12" />
The Berestyn raion is located on the right bank of the [[Oril|Oril River]], the left tributary is the [[Dnieper]].<ref name=":22" />
Mineral resources of the Berestyn Raion: loams, clays, sandstones, peat, natural gas.<ref name=":22" />The district has developed mining, processing, and agriculture industries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-31 |title=Інтегрована довідка Берестинської міської територіальної громади - Берестинська районна військова адміністрація |url=https://krasnogradrda.gov.ua/integrovana-dovidka-krasnogradsko%d1%97-misko%d1%97-teritorialno%d1%97-gromadi/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |language=uk}}</ref>
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