{{short description|Subdivision of Sumy Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement |name =Romny Raion |other_name = |native_name = Роменський район |settlement_type =Raion |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = Flag of Romny Raion.svg |image_shield = Coat of arms of Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast.svg |image_map =Romenskiy rayon 2020.svg |map_caption = Raion location in Sumy Oblast |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position =right |pushpin_map_caption = |coordinates = {{coord|50|43|54.249|N|33|24|42.2994|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Ukraine}} |subdivision_type1 =Oblast |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Sumy Oblast}} |seat_type =Admin. center |seat =Romny | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts = 8 hromadas |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = 3,882.1 |population_as_of = 2022 | population_footnotes = <ref name="ua2022estimate"/> |population_total = 107509 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = http://rmn.sm.gov.ua/ |footnotes = }} '''Romny Raion''' ({{langx|uk|Роменський район}}) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Romny. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|107,509|.}}
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Sumy Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Romny Raion was significantly expanded.<!--Two abolished raions, Chornobai and Drabiv Raions, as well as the city of Romny, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Romny Raion.--><ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=https://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> The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|30,876|.}}
== Geographic characteristics == The area of the district is 3882.1 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |title=Децентралізація в Україн |url=https://decentralization.ua/newrayons/1390 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=decentralization.ua}}</ref> Romny Raion is located on the slopes of the Dnieper Lowland. <ref name=":1">Національний атлас України, с. 42 Retrieved 2025-06-27</ref>
Romny Raion has reserves of silt, sapropel, peat, oil, natural gas, potash salt.<ref>Національний атлас України, с. 114 Retrieved 2025-06-27</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Загальна інформація про Роменський район |url=https://romrada.gov.ua/pro-romenskij-rajon/zagalna-informaciya-pro-romenskij-rajon/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=romrada.gov.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-02-26 |title=Корисні копалини Сумської області |url=https://insgeo.com.ua/korysni-kopalyny-sumskoi-oblasti/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |language=uk}}</ref>
The climate is moderately continental. Winter is cool, summer is not hot. The average temperature in July is +19 °C, in January -7.5 °C. The maximum precipitation falls in the summer in the form of rain. The average annual amount is from 650 to 700 mm, changing from west to east.<ref>Національний атлас України, с. 167 Retrieved 2025-06-27</ref><ref name=":2">''[https://pgf.sspu.edu.ua/images/2021/11/30/monografiya_sum_obl_2021_1f89e.pdf Географія Сумської області: особливості природи, соціально-економічного розвитку та раціонального природокористування]:'' колективна монографія / За заг. ред. А. О. Корнуса. − Суми: СумДПУ імені А.С. Макаренка, 2021. − 212 с. Retrieved 2025-06-27</ref>
Sula, left tributary of the Dnipro flow through the Romny district. The river in the floodplain has many oxbow lakes and artificial lakes.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |last4= |last5= |title=Шосткинський район |url=https://maps.visicom.ua/c/33.48503,51.94959,9/f/ADMUA5G9V?lang=uk |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=maps.visicom.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
Romny district is located in the forest-steppe natural zone. Among the trees in the forests, oaks, lindens, and maples dominate. The district is home to 240 species of birds, the rarest of which are the bustard, steppe eagle, and white swans. The fauna of the region includes 55 species of mammals. Typical large mammals are elk, roe deer, wild boar, squirrels, beavers, hares and wolves. <ref name=":3" /> The forests of Romny Raion are rich in mushrooms and berries. Among the mushrooms, chanterelles, ''tricholoma equestre'', ''suillus luteus'', ''armillaria mellea'', russula and porcini mushrooms predominate. The most common berries are blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.<ref name=":2" />
Two hydrological reserves of state importance are located in the district. <ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Природно-заповідний фонд України |url=https://pzf.land.kiev.ua/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=pzf.land.kiev.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
== Communities of the district == Number of settlements 297. Number of cities – 1. The Shostka Raion includes 8 territorial communities. It includes: Romensky city community, Lypovodolynsky, Nedryhaylivsky settlement and Andriyashivsky, Vilshansky, Korovynsky, Synivsky and Khmelivsky rural territorial communities.<ref name=":0" />
== Transport == The district is crossed by railway tracks and highways from Kyiv and Poltava to Sumy.<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 2025-06-27</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |last4= |last5= |title=Роменський район |url=https://maps.visicom.ua/c/33.45062,50.86404,9/f/ADMUA5G8P?lang=uk |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=maps.visicom.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
== 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. * Географічна енциклопедія України : [у 3 т.] / редкол.: О. М. Маринич (відповід. ред.) та ін. — К., 1989—1993. — 33 000 екз. — ISBN 5-88500-015-8.
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