Arzamassky District
Арзамасский район
District
Entrance to the village of Bebyayevo in Arzamassky District
Entrance to the village of Bebyayevo in Arzamassky District
Flag of Arzamassky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Arzamassky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Arzamassky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 55°24′N 43°49′E / 55.400°N 43.817°E / 55.400; 43.817
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Established1929[1]
Administrative centerArzamas[1]
Area
[1]
 • Total2,016.9 km2 (778.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total43,723
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
41,534 (−5%)
 • Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
 • Urban
18.5%
 • Rural
81.5%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Work settlements, 12 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 Urban-type settlements[4], 104 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asArzamassky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[5]1 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID22603000
Websitehttp://arz.omsu-nnov.ru

Arzamassky District (Russian: Арзама́сский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,016.9 square kilometers (778.7 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the city of Arzamas (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 43,723 (2010 Census);[2] 46,086 (2002 Census);[7] 54,491 (1989 Census).[8]

History

The district was established in 1929.[1]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Arzamassky District is one of the forty in the oblast.[1] The city of Arzamas serves as its administrative center,[1] despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[9]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District.[5] The city of oblast significance of Arzamas is incorporated separately from the district as Arzamas Urban Okrug.[5]

Transportation

Map of Peshelan narrow gauge railway

A narrow gauge railway serving the Peshelan gypsum mine is located in the village of Bebyayevo.

Notable residents

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Order #3-od
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  5. ^ a b c d e Resolution #670
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ^ Law #184-Z

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