Koriukivka Raion

Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consists of 5 hromadas: • Snovsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Snovsk, transferred from Snovsk Raion. • Sosnytsia settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Sosnytsia, transferred from Sosnytsia Raion. Before 2020 Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas: • Kholmy settlement hromada with the administration in Kholmy; • Koriukivka urban hromada with the administration in Koriukivka. == Geography ==

Koriukivka Raion is located in the northern part of Chernihiv Oblast. It borders with Novgorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv, Nizhyn raions of Chernihiv Oblast and in the north with Russia. The distance to the regional center by railway is 237 km, by highway 99 km.The total area of the district is 4575.4 km2. The area of the raion is located within the Dnieper Lowland. The relief of the surface of the district is a lowland, slightly undulating plain, sometimes dissected by river valleys. All rivers belong to the Dnieper basin. The largest rivers are the Desna with tributaries Snov and Ubid. The most common are sod-podzolic and gray forest soils. Koriukivka Raion is located in the natural zone of mixed forests, in Polissya. The main species in the forests are pine, oak, alder, ash, birch. Minerals – loam, peat, sand, brown coal. == Economy ==

There are 177 agricultural enterprises and farms operating in Koriukivka Raion. The raion's agriculture specializes in growing grain, oilseed and industrial crops, and producing livestock products - milk, meat, eggs. The raion has a developed woodworking industry and food industry. A railway has been laid from Koriukivka to Bakhmach (Southwestern Railways), the Koriukivka station is the terminal on the dead-end line. ==References==