Former subdivision of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Raion in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Romaniv Raion (Ukrainian: Романівський район), formerly Dzerzhynsk Raion, was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Romaniv. The raion covered an area of 1,037 square kilometres (400 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 Romaniv Raion was merged into Zhytomyr Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 27,334 (2020 est.)[3]
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