Brovary Raion
Броварський район | |
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Броварський район (Brovarskyi raion) | |
![]() Brovary Raion after the 2020 raion reform | |
Coordinates: 50°36′49″N 30°56′48″E / 50.61361°N 30.94667°ECoordinates: 50°36′49″N 30°56′48″E / 50.61361°N 30.94667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Kyiv Oblast |
Admin. center | Brovary |
Subdivisions | 8 hromadas |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 242,180 |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Area code | +380 |
Brovary Raion (Ukrainian: Броварський район) is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Brovary. Population: 242,180 (2021 est.)[1].
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Brovary Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Baryshivka and Zghurivka Raions, as well as the cities of Berezan and Brovary, which were previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Brovary Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 68,688 (2020 est.)[4]
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 8 hromadas:[3]
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of four hromadas,[9]
Starting on 1 March 2022, the area of a Brovary Raion became an arena of hostilities between the Ukrainian army and Russian occupation forces. Battles were fought on the territory of Baryshivka, Kalyta, and Velyka Dymerka hromadas.[10][11][12] Residents of the surrounding villages were evacuated to Brovary.[13] Three civilians were murdered by the Russian troops in the village of Bohdanivka of Brovary Raion.[14]