Vachsky District
Вачский район
District
View of the Oka River near the village of Pozhoga, Vachsky District
View of the Oka River near the village of Pozhoga, Vachsky District
Flag of Vachsky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Vachsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Vachsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 55°48′00″N 42°46′20″E / 55.80000°N 42.77222°E / 55.80000; 42.77222
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Established1929[1]
Administrative centerVacha[1]
Area
[1]
 • Total979.5 km2 (378.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total19,979
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
17,562 (−12.1%)
 • Density20/km2 (53/sq mi)
 • Urban
30.0%
 • Rural
70.0%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Work settlements, 5 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 Urban-type settlements[4], 117 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asVachsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[5]1 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID22617000
Websitehttp://вача-ннов.рф

Vachsky District (Russian: Ва́чский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Vachsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 979.5 square kilometers (378.2 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Vacha.[1] Population: 19,979 (2010 Census);[2] 23,349 (2002 Census);[7] 29,198 (1989 Census).[8] The population of Vacha accounts for 30.0% of the district's total population.[2]

History

The district was established in 1929.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Order #3-od
  2. ^ 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.
  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 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.

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