Kiev metropolitan area
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Agglomeration
In the study of human settlements, an urban agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. In France, INSEE the French Statistical Institute, translate it as "Unité urbaine" which means continuous...
consisting of the capital of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, its satellite towns and nearest rural areas (located within Kiev Oblast
Kiev Oblast
Kyiv Oblast, sometimes written as Kiev Oblast is an oblast in central Ukraine.The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kyiv , also being the capital of Ukraine...
) closely bound to the city by employment and commerce.
The metropolitan area includes the following cities: Kiev, Berezan
Berezan
Berezan is a city in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 16,761 ....
, Boryspil
Boryspil
Boryspil is a city located in the Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Boryspil Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
, Brovary
Brovary
Brovary is a city in Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine, an eastern suburb of the country's capital, Kiev. It is the administrative centre of the Brovarskyi Raion . Brovary is an ancient town, firstly mentioned in 1630. Its name translated from Ukrainian means "brewers"...
, Vasylkiv
Vasylkiv
Vasylkiv is a city located on the Stuhna River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Vasylkivskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. A location with an over 1000 years history, it was incorporated as a...
, Irpin
Irpin
Irpin , or Irpen is a city located on the Irpin River in Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine. The city's population is 40,275 ....
, Rzhyschiv
Rzhyschiv
Rzhyschiv is a city in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. The population is 7,611 as of 2010....
, and Fastiv
Fastiv
Fastiv is a city located in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Fastivskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...
. The city of Kiev also creates a very close conurbation with such cities as Irpin
Irpin
Irpin , or Irpen is a city located on the Irpin River in Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine. The city's population is 40,275 ....
-Bucha
Bucha, Ukraine
Bucha is a city in Ukraine's Kiev Oblast. Population: 28,533 of inhabitants .Bucha was assigned city status on February 9, 2006...
, Brovary
Brovary
Brovary is a city in Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine, an eastern suburb of the country's capital, Kiev. It is the administrative centre of the Brovarskyi Raion . Brovary is an ancient town, firstly mentioned in 1630. Its name translated from Ukrainian means "brewers"...
, Vyshhorod
Vyshhorod
Vyshhorod is a city in the Kiev Oblast , in central Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Vyshhorodskyi Raion , and is located along the Dnieper River upstream from the national capital, Kiev...
, and Vyshneve
Vyshneve
Vyshneve is a town south of Kiev in Ukraine.In 1886, a railway station was built on this site; at the time, the nearest settlement was the village of Zhyliany , so the railway station was given the name "Zhyliany" after the village...
, while cities Boyarka and Boryspil
Boryspil
Boryspil is a city located in the Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Boryspil Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
are located in close vicinity. The town of Kotsiubynske
Kotsiubynske
Kotsiubynske is a town in the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, subordered to city of Irpin. The town is located inside the Kiev Oblast and close to the city of Kiev....
is located within the city limits of Kiev, while being subordinate to the city council of Irpin.
The agglomeration stretches over some 11 raion
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
s of Kiev Oblast: Baryshivka, Boryspil, Borodianka, Brovary, Fastiv, Kaharlyk, Kiev-Sviatoshyn, Makariv, Obukhiv, Vasylkiv and Vyshhorod.
The area is linked to Kiev through the suburban railways and minibuses.
- Total population: 3,648,900 (some other sources bring 4,130,000 - 5,206,000).
- Suburban population: 1,076,000.
- Total area: 13,534 km².
- Population density: 268,4 people/km².