Ovruch Raion

Ovruch Raion
Овруцький район
Raion
Flag of Ovruch Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Ovruch Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°19′18″N 28°48′50″E / 51.32167°N 28.81389°E / 51.32167; 28.81389
Country Ukraine
RegionZhytomyr Oblast
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerOvruch
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   1 — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils

  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   1 — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Area
 • Total
3,222 km2 (1,244 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
Decrease 53,916
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code+380

Ovruch Raion (Ukrainian: Овруцький район) was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Ovruch. The raion covered an area of 3,222 square kilometres (1,244 sq mi). The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Ovruch Raion was merged into Korosten Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 53,916 (2020 est.).[3]

  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.