Vasylkivka Raion Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  2. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
  3. Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 39 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, RBK Ukraine
    Data on vote counting at percincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 26.10.2014, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  4. Web site: Васильківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
  5. Web site: Картка постанови . Verkhovna Rada . uk.