Kiev metropolitan area
The Kiev metropolitan area is an unofficially-designated urban agglomeration in Ukraine within the Kyiv Oblast, consisting of the country's capital city of Kyiv, its satellite settlements and nearest rural areas closely bound to the city by employment and commerce. According to different sources, it is ranked among 20 largest metropolitan areas in Europe.Area and population
- Total population: censuses and estimates numbers vary from 3.375.000 to 3,648,900 ;
- Kyiv City proper population:
- *official: as of July 2013;
- * as of the 2001 Ukrainian census
- *at least 3.5 million, according to the 2007 estimates based on the amount of bakery products sold in the city
- Suburban population:
- Total area: 13,534 km².
- Population density: 268,4 people/km².
The metropolitan area includes the following cities: Kiev, Berezan, Boryspil, Brovary, Vasylkiv, Irpin, Rzhyschiv, and Fastiv. The city of Kiev also creates a very close conurbation with such cities as Irpin-Bucha, Brovary, Vyshhorod, and Vyshneve, while cities Boyarka and Boryspil are located in close vicinity. The town of Kotsiubynske is located within the city limits of Kyiv, while being subordinate to the city council of Irpin.
The agglomeration stretches over some 11 raions of Kiev Oblast: Baryshivka, Boryspil, Borodianka, Brovary, Fastiv, Kaharlyk, Kiev-Sviatoshyn, Makariv, Obukhiv, Vasylkiv and Vyshhorod.Economy and infrastructure
Transport
The area has a highly developed railway and road infrastructure, being linked to Kyiv through the suburban railways, buses and minibuses.
Kiev metropolitan area is served by two international passenger airports: Boryspil Airport and Kyiv Airport; there are also the Gostomel cargo airport and additional three operating airfields facilitating airplane manufacturing and general aviation.Environment
According to the UN 2011 evaluation, there were no risks of natural disasters in the Kiev metropolitan area
