Bakhmach urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Bakhmach.
It has an area of and a population of 28,406, as of 2024.Паспорт Бахмацької міської громади Офіційний сайт Бахмацької громади Retrieved 2025-07-13.
Composition The hromada contains 39 settlements: 1 city (Bakhmach), 35 villages:
And 3 rural-type settlements: Vesele, Peremoha, and Cheremushki.
Geography The Bakhmach urban hromada is located in the east part of Chernihiv Oblast. It borders Sumy Oblast.The distance to the regional center by railway is 153 km, by highways 145 km.
The territory of the Bakhmach urban hromada is located within the Dnieper Lowland. The relief of the district's surface is a lowland plain, in places dissected by river valleys. All rivers belong to the Dnieper basin. The Bakhmach urban hromada is located on the left bank of the Desna River. In the floodplains of the rivers there are oxbow lake forests and lowland swamps.There is a network of ponds in the hromada, consisting of 62 units with a total area of 122.3 hectares.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. Retrieved 2025-07-13Чернігівська область. Географічний атлас. Серія «Моя мала Батьківщина» – 2003 р. ISBN 966-7620-39-5 Retrieved 2025-07-13.
The climate of Bakhmach urban hromada is moderately continental, with warm summers and relatively mild winters. The average temperature in January is about −7 °C, and in July― +19 °C. The average annual precipitation ranges from 550 to 660 mm, with the highest amount of precipitation in the summer period.
The soil cover of the hromada is dominated by chernozem and swamps soils. Білоус, М. Д. Географія Чернігівської області / М. Д. Білоус. — Чернігів: Ранок, 2010. — 144 с Retrieved 2025-07-13The Bakhmach urban hromada is located in the natural zone of the forest steppe, in Polissya. Барановська О.В. та ін. Чернігівщина: природа, населення, господарство (комплексне географічне дослідження): Монографія. – Ніжин: Наука-сервіс, 2000. – 180 с. Retrieved 2025-07-13The main species in the forests are oak, alder, ash, and birch. Minerals raion: peat, sand, clay.Паспорт Ніжинського району 2025 рік Офіційний сайт Ніжинського району Retrieved 2025-07-13.
Economy The leading sectors of the Bakhmach urban hromada economy are agriculture, food industry, and forestry. Agriculture specializes in growing grain and industrial crops, cattle breeding, and pig breeding.
Transportation The railway tracks of the South-Western Railway pass through the Bakhmach urban hromada in the direction of Chernihiv-Pryluky-Bakhmach and Hlukhiv-Kyiv. On the territory of the city of Bakhmach there are railway stations: Bakhmach - Passenger, Bakhmach - Kyiv, Bakhmach - Gomel and a railway station in the village of Hryhorivka.The state highways M01 and M02 pass through the territory of the hromada.
See also
List of hromadas of Ukraine
References