On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Poltava Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Kremenchuk Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 38,814 (2020 est.).[4]
Important rivers within the Kremenchutskyi Raion include the Psel and the Dnieper. The raion was established in 1939.
Administrative division
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 12 hromadas:[3]
Horishni Plavni urban hromada with the administration in the city of Horishni Plavni, transferred from city of the oblast significance of Horishni Plavni and retained from Kremenchuk Raion;[6]
Kremenchuk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kremenchuk, transferred from city of the oblast significance of Kremenchuk and retained from Kremenchuk Raion;[8]