Kremenchuk Raion

Kremenchuk Raion (Ukrainian: Кременчуцький район, romanized: Kremenchutskyi raion) is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Kremenchuk. Population: 387,200 (2022 estimate).

Kremenchuk Raion
Кременчуцький район
Raion
Coordinates: 49°7′6.3696″N 33°28′28.4808″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Poltava Oblast
Established1939
Admin. centerKremenchuk
Subdivisions12 hromadas
Area
  Total6,101 km2 (2,356 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
  Total387,200
  Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
315000
Area code380-5366
Websitehttp://kremenchuk.adm-pl.gov.ua

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. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 38,814 (2020 est.).

Important rivers within the Kremenchutskyi Raion include the Psel and the Dnieper. The raion was established in 1939.

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