[1] On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Vyshhorod Raion was significantly expanded.

Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych's private residence Mezhyhirya is located near the village of Novi Petrivtsi.

[5][6][7][8] After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 7 hromadas:[3] There are no official residents in the Chernobyl exclusion zone which is under special administration from a state agency.

Due to elevated radiation certain people are allowed to live who are known as samosely.

The city of Slavutych, an exclave in Chernihiv Oblast, remains a de facto company-type of community connected with the Chernobyl exclusion zone.