Parfenyevsky District
Парфеньевский район
District
Neya River near Parfenevo village, Parfenyevsky District
Neya River near Parfenevo village, Parfenyevsky District
Flag of Parfenyevsky District
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Coat of arms of Parfenyevsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Parfenyevsky District in Kostroma Oblast
Coordinates: 58°28′56″N 43°24′33″E / 58.48222°N 43.40917°E / 58.48222; 43.40917
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKostroma Oblast[1]
Established1929[2]
Administrative centerParfenyevo[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total2,460 km2 (950 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total6,391
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
5,491 (−14.1%)
 • Density2.6/km2 (6.7/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions4 Settlements
 • Inhabited localities[5][6]109 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asParfenyevsky Municipal District[7]
 • Municipal divisions[7]0 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID34634000
Websitehttp://www.parfenyevo.ru/

Parfenyevsky District (Russian: Парфе́ньевский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,460 square kilometers (950 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Parfenyevo.[1] Population: 4,515 (2021 Census);[9] 6,391 (2010 Census);[3] 7,857 (2002 Census);[10] 8,955 (1989 Census).[11] The population of Parfenyevo accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.[3]

Geography

Parfenyevsky District is located in the center of Kostroma Oblast. The terrain is flat or slightly hilly, with pine-larch forests (southern taiga) covering 84% of the district, including some old-growth stands of cedars and oak. Pleistocene glaciation left a landscape of alluvial outwash, moraines, swamps, and lakes. The upper courses of the Neya River are in the district. Parfenyevsky District is 150 km northeast of the regional city of Kostroma, and about 480 km northeast of Moscow. The area measures 75 km (north-south), and 55 km (west-east); total area is 2,460 km2 (about 4.1% of Kostroma Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Parfenyevo.[2]

The district is bordered on the north by Chukhlomsky District and Kologrivsky District, on the east by Neysky District, and on the southwest by Antropovsky District.

History

Historical records suggest that Parfenyevo was founded in 1521 as a fortress in the Kazan line, which protected Moscow from invasion by Tatars and Cheremis (Mari people). The town was on a main trade route to the Vyatka Region and Siberia, and in 1707 was included into the Arkhangelsk region. It was formally formed into a district of Kostroma Oblast in 1929. The economy of the area is centered on logging and woodworking.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Law #112-4-ZKO
  2. ^ a b c d "General Information" (in Russian). Parfenyevsky District. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ Registry of the Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast
  6. ^ Fourteen rural localities in Parfenyevsky District were abolished by Resolution #612 of October 18, 2004. This Resolution was abrogated by Resolution #359 of August 17, 2007; however, the rural localities had not been reinstated, nor are they included into the Registry of Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast or into the total count of district's localities.
  7. ^ a b c Law #237-ZKO
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  10. ^ 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).
  11. ^ 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.

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