[1] On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was reduced to six, however, the area of Kosiv Raion was essentially unchanged.

)[4] Both before and after 2000, the raion consisted of five hromadas:[5] The district is located in the Precarpathian region of Ukraine.

Archaeological finds show that the territory of the raion was inhabited from the Neolithic times.

Other old settlements of the raion are Kobaky (15th century), Kuty (1448), Vyzhnii Bereziv (1412).

Famous people that were born, lived or worked in Kosiv district: