Krekenava is a town (population 1,375) in Panevėžys district municipality in northern Lithuania, on the bank of Nevėžis.

The new form Krekenava was referred to by Vaižgantas as early as 1904, and it was included in the official publication "Places Settled in Lithuania" of 1925.

In July and August 1941, an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists massacred the Jewish residents of the town, about 50 grownups and 60 children.

1975 is a year of the beginning of JSC “Krekenavos Agrofirma” activities, a company which employs over 900 people.

“Krekenavos agrofirma” allocates its investments to the two priority fields – improvement of the quality of its activities, and production expansion.