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Berdiansk Raion, also spelled Berdyansk Raion () is one of the five () of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is Berdiansk. The raion has access to the northern coast of the Sea of Azov. The population is
Typical landscapes for Berdyansk district are Steppe on Chernozem. There are salt marshes. Steppe vegetation, due to plowing, has been preserved mainly on the slopes of river valleys and gullies.Запорізька область: природа, історія: ілюстрована енциклопедія. — Запоріжжя: Дике Поле, 2004. — 248 с. — Retrieved 29 June 2025
The and rivers flow through Berdyansk district.
The climate of the district is temperate continental with dry periods, but there is a softening of the climate due to the proximity to the Sea of Azov. According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, the climate of the Berdyansk district is humid continental with hot summers (Dfa).
From 1939 to 1958, it was known as Osypenko Raion (). During World War II, Osypenko Raion was occupied by Nazi Germany between October 1941 and September 1943. 3,260 people from Osypenko Raion were deported to Germany for forced labor and 300 were murdered.
The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Berdiansk Raion was significantly expanded. Retrieved 29 June 2025
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the raion (excluding Berdiansk itself, which was then designated a city of oblast significance) had a population of 31,631 people. In terms of self-reported ethnic background, 73% were Ukrainians and 17% were Russians, with small minorities of Belarusians, Bulgarians, and Greeks.
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