Shostka Raion () is a raion (district) of Sumy Oblast in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Shostka. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of the raions in the Sumy Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of the Shostka Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
Geographic characteristics The area of the raion is 5066.09 km2. Shostka Raion is located on the slopes of the Central Russian Plain.Національний атлас України, с. 42 Retrieved 2025-06-27 The relief of the raion is mostly lowland. Shostka Raion has reserves of silt, sapropel, peat.Національний атлас України, с. 114 Retrieved 2025-06-27
The climate is moderately continental. Winter is cool, summer is not hot. The average temperature in July is +19 °C, in January -7.5 °C. The maximum precipitation falls in the summer in the form of rain. The average annual amount is from 650 to 700 mm, changing from west to east.Національний атлас України, с. 167 Retrieved 2025-06-27Географія Сумської області: особливості природи, соціально-економічного розвитку та раціонального природокористування: колективна монографія / За заг. ред. А. О. Корнуса. − Суми: СумДПУ імені А.С. Макаренка, 2021. − 212 с.
The left tributaries of the Desna River flow through the Shostka Raion. The river in the floodplain has many oxbow lakes and artificial lakes.
The territory of the raion is covered with coniferous and broad-leaved forests. The most common forests are pine, oak-linden, and oak. The forests of Shostka Raion are rich in mushrooms and berries. Among the mushrooms, chanterelles, tricholoma equestre, suillus luteus, armillaria mellea, russula and porcini mushrooms predominate. The most common berries are blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
Desna–Stara Huta National Nature Park is located in Shostka Raion in the Desna Valley. The area includes wide meadows with tall grasses, alder bogs and forest stands of ash, oak and aspen. Typical large mammals are elk, roe deer, wild boar, squirrels, beavers, hares and wolves. The park is home to 134 species of birds. The rivers are home to the sterlet and the endangered Eurasian otter.
Hromadas The number of settlements is 247. The number of cities is 4. The Shostka Raion includes 10 hromadas (communities). It includes:
Shostka urban hromada Hlukhiv urban hromada Khutir-Mykhailivskyi urban hromada Seredyna-Buda urban hromada Esman settlement hromada Znob-Novhorodske settlement hromada, Svesa settlement hromada Shalyhyne settlement hromada Yampil settlement hromada Bereza rural hromada.
Transport Shostka railway station carries out cargo and passenger transportation within Sumy Oblast and in the direction of Kyiv.Постанова Кабінету Міністрів України від 30 січня 2019 року № 55 «Про затвердження переліку автомобільних доріг загального користування державного значення» Retrieved 2025-06-27
Bibliography
Національний атлас України/НАН України, Інститут географії, Державна служба геодезії, картографії та кадастру; голов. ред. Л. Г. Руденко; голова ред. кол.Б.Є. Патон. — К.: ДНВП «Картографія», 2007. — 435 с. — 5 тис.прим. — ISBN 978-966-475-067-4. Географічна енциклопедія України : [у 3 т.] / редкол.: О. М. Маринич (відповід. ред.) та ін. — К., 1989—1993. — 33 000 екз. — ISBN 5-88500-015-8.
References
External links Official website of the Shostka District Council