Kozelshchyna Raion

Kozelshchyna Raion (Ukrainian: Козельщинський район; translit.: Kozelshchynskyi raion) was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Kozelshchyna. The other urban-type settlement in the raion was Nova Haleshchyna (Ukrainian: Нова Галещина). The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Kremenchuk Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 18,380 (2020 est.)^[3]

Kozelshchyna Raion Козельщинський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°15′N 33°50′E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Poltava Oblast
Established	7 March 1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Kozelshchyna
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 76 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Sergei Sushko (as of May 2012)
Area
• Total	930 km2 (360 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	18,380
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	39100—39152
Area code	380-5342
Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20081203204303/http://www.adm-pl.gov.ua/kozelch

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas:^[4]

• Kozelshchyna settlement hromada with the administration in Kozelshchyna;
• Nova Haleshchyna settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Nova Haleshchyna.

Important rivers within the Kozelshchyna Raion include the Psel.

Settlements

Beliki Boyarka Breusovka Brigadirovka Butenki Chapayevka Chervonaya Znamenka Chorbovka Demidovka Devyatki Dmitrovka Drizhina Greblya Galushchina Greblya Gubarovka Iosipivka Kamyshi

Kasyany Khmarina Kirovo Klishchevka Kobelyaky Kolodyazhnoye Komarovka Kozelshchyna Krivaya Ruda Kustolovo-Kushchi Kustolovo Vtoroye Lamanoye Lutovynivka Mayachka Mushina Greblya Nova Haleshchyna Oboznovka Omelnik

Porokhi Prigarovka Rakitnoye Rekumovka Rybalki Savino Solonitsa Stalinskoye Vasilyevka Velikiye Solontsy Volchya Volnaya Tereshkovka Zadovha Zapselye Zelenovka