{{Short description|Subdivision of Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Vinnytsia Raion | native_name = Вінницький 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 = Flag of Vinnytsia raion.svg | flag_alt = Flag of Vinnytskyi Raion | image_shield = Coat of arms of Vinnytskiy Raion.png | shield_alt = Coat of arms of Vinnytskyi Raion | image_map = {{maplink | frame = yes | plain = yes | frame-align = center | frame-width = 280 | frame-height = 280 | frame-coord = SWITCH:{{coord|qid=Q102420838}}###{{coord|48|58|38.2|N|28|41|48.7|E}}###{{coord|48|16|55.8|N|31|10|56.4|E}} | zoom = SWITCH:7;7;4 | type = SWITCH:shape;point;point | marker = city | fill = #0096FF | fill-opacity = 0 | stroke-width = 2 | stroke-color = #5f5f5f | id2 = SWITCH:Q102420838;Q166709;Q212 | type2 = shape-inverse | stroke-width2 = 2 | stroke-color2 = #5f5f5f | switch = Vinnytsia Raion;Vinnytsia Oblast;Ukraine }} | image_map1 = Vinnickiy rayon 2020.png | mapsize = 225px | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|49|18|9|N|28|30|43.941|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Vinnytsia Oblast}} | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts = [[#Subdivisions|16 hromadas]] | established_title = Established | established_date = 1923 | seat_type = [[Administrative centre|Admin. center]] | seat = [[Vinnytsia]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = | leader_title1 = Chairman | leader_name1 = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atlas_novogo_atu_2020.pdf |date=2020 |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України; Товариство дослідників України |editor-last=Ostapenko |editor-first=Pavlo (Павло Остапенко) |edition=2nd |location=Київ |language=uk |script-title=uk:Атлас адміністративно-територіального устрою України: Новий районний поділ та територіальні громади: 2020}} Retrieved 28 June 2025 </ref> | area_total_km2 = 6888.9 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="ua2022estimate"/> | population_total = 647966 | 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 = 23201—23261 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Ukraine|Area code]] | area_code = +380 432 | iso_code = | website = http://vinrajrada.org.ua | footnotes = }} '''Vinnytsia Raion''' ({{langx|uk|Вінницький район}}) is one of the six [[raions of Ukraine|raions]] (districts) of [[Vinnytsia Oblast]], located in southwestern [[Ukraine]]. The administrative center of the raion is the city of [[Vinnytsia]]. Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|647,966|.}}
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Vinnytsia Raion was significantly expanded.<!--Two abolished raions, [[Chornobai Raion|Chornobai]] and [[Drabiv Raion]]s, as well as the city of Vinnytsia, 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 Vinnytsia Raion.--><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-18 |title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів |url=https://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466 |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=www.golos.com.ua |language=uk}}</ref><ref name="2020_reform_maps">{{Cite web |date=2020-07-17 |title= |script-title=uk:Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=uk |script-website=uk:Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України}}</ref> The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|81,278|.}}
== Geography == Vinnytsia Raion it borders [[Zhytomyr Oblast|Zhytomyr]], [[Kyiv Oblast|Kyiv]] and [[Khmelnytskyi Oblast|Khmelnytskyi]] regions of Ukraine. The area of the district is 6909.5 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |title=Децентралізація в Україн |url=https://decentralization.ua/newrayons/1306 |access-date=28 June 2025 |website=decentralization.ua}}</ref> Vinnytsia Raion is located on the [[Podolian Upland|Podilska]] and [[Dnieper Upland|Dnieper]] uplands. The relief of the district is an undulating plain, cut by river valleys, ravines, and gullies.<ref name=":1">Національний атлас України, с. 42 Retrieved 28 June 2025</ref>
The climate is moderately continental. Winter is cool, summer is not hot. The average temperature in July is +20 °C, in January −5 °C. The maximum precipitation falls in the summer in the form of rain. The average annual amount is from 520 to 590 mm, changing from west to east.<ref>Національний атлас України, с. 167 Retrieved 28 June 2025</ref>
Vinnytsia Raion is located in the basins of the [[Southern Bug]] river. The river in the floodplain has many [[Oxbow lake|oxbow lakes]] and [[artificial lakes]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |last4= |last5= |title=Хмільніцький район |url=https://maps.visicom.ua/c/28.22388,49.33407,8/f/ADMUA5G9J?lang=uk |access-date=28 June 2025 |website=maps.visicom.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
Vinnytsia Raion is located in the forest-steppe natural zone. Among the trees in the forests, oaks and hornbeam dominate. Typical large mammals are elk, roe deer, wild boar, squirrels, beavers, hares and wolves.<ref name=":2">[https://vin.gov.ua/images/UPRTER/2024/ogoloshennya/Ekologichnuy%20pasport%202024_%20.pdf ''Екологічний паспорт Вінницької області'' за 2024 рік] Retrieved 28 June 2025</ref> The soils are mostly [[Alfisol|lalfisol]] and typical [[chernozem]]. <ref>Верменич Я.В. [http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?&I21DBN=EIU&P21DBN=EIU&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=eiu_all&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=TRN=&S21COLORTERMS=0&S21STR=Vinnytska_oblast ВІННИЦЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ] [Електронний ресурс] // Енциклопедія історії України: Т. 1: А-В / Редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. НАН України. Інститут історії України. - К.: В-во "Наукова думка", 2003. - 688 с.: іл. Retrieved 28 June 2025</ref><ref name=":2" />
Vinnytsia Raion has reserves of [[kaolinite]], [[Lignite|brown coal]], [[granite]], [[graphite]].<ref>Національний атлас України, p.126 Retrieved 28 June 2025</ref>
== Communities of the district == Number of settlements 411. Number of cities – 7. Vinnytsia Raion includes 16 [[Hromada|territorial communities]]. It includes: urban - [[Vinnytsia urban hromada|Vinnytsia]], [[Hnivan urban hromada|Hnivan]], [[Illine urban hromada|Illine]], [[Lypovetska urban hromada|Lypovetska]], Nemyrivska, Pohrebyschenska; village - Voronovitska, Litynska, Orativska, Stryzhavska, Sutyskivska, Tyvrivska, Turbivska, rural - Agronomichna, Luka-Meleshkivska, Yakushynetska territorial communities.<ref name=":0" />
== Transport == Vinnytsia district is crossed by railways and highways. The largest transport hub is [[Vinnytsia]], through which roads pass in the direction of [[Zhytomyr]], [[Lviv]], [[Dnipro]]. The district is crossed by [[Haisyn]] [[European route E583]].<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 28 June 2025</ref><ref>[https://unece.org/DAM/trans/conventn/MapAGR2007.pdf UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608073012/https://unece.org/DAM/trans/conventn/MapAGR2007.pdf |date=2021-06-08 }} (2007) Retrieved 28 June 2025</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.
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Vinnytsia Oblast}} [[Category:Raions of Vinnytsia Oblast]] [[Category:1923 establishments in Ukraine]] [[Category:Vinnytsia Raion| ]] {{Authority control}}