Vasylkivka Raion | |
Native Name: | Васильківський район |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Raion |
Flag Alt: | Flag of Vasylkivka Raion |
Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Vasylkivka Raion |
Coordinates: | 48.2063°N 36.0347°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | coll |
P1: | — city councils |
P2: | — settlement councils |
P3: | — rural councils |
P4: | Number of localities: — cities |
P5: | |
P6: | — villages |
P7: | — rural settlements |
Established Title1: | Established |
Established Title2: | Disestablished |
Established Date2: | 18 July 2020 |
Seat Type: | Admin. center |
Seat: | Vasylkivka |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Title1: | Chairman |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1330 |
Population Total: | 31093 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +02:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +03:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal index |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 |
Vasylkivka Raion (Ukrainian: Васильківський район) was a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the urban-type settlement of Vasylkivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Vasylkivka Raion was merged into Synelnykove Raion.[1] [2] The last estimate of the raion population was .
In the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Dmytro Yarosh as a Right Sector candidate won a parliament seat (the only one for Right Sector) by winning single-member districts number 39 ("Vasylkivka") located in Vasylkivka Raion and neighbouring raions with 29.76% of the votes.[3]
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:[4]
In August 2020, Mykolaivka rural hromada was renamed Dubovyky rural hromada, and its administration was moved to the selo of Dubovyky.[5]