Vasylkivka Raion

Not to be confused with Vasylivka Raion.

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 31,093 (2020 est.)^[3].

Vasylkivka Raion Васильківський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 48°12′22.5″N 36°2′5″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Vasylkivka
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements  — villages    — rural settlements
Area
• Total	1,330 km2 (510 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	31,093
• Density	23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	+380

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.^[4]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:^[5]

• Mykolaivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Mykolaivka;
• Vasylkivka settlement hromada with the administration in Vasylkivka.

In August 2020, Mykolaivka rural hromada was renamed Dubovyky rural hromada, and its administration was moved to the selo of Dubovyky.^[6]

References

1. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
2. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
4. (in Ukrainian) Candidates and winner for the seat in constituency 39 in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, RBK Ukraine
   Data on vote counting at percincts within single-mandate districts Extraordinary parliamentary election on 26.10.2014 Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
5. "Васильківська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
6. "Картка постанови" (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada.