Kstovsky Destrict Кстовский район (Roushie) | |
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Location o Kstovsky Destrict in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
Coordinates: 56°09′06″N 44°11′44″E / 56.15167°N 44.19556°ECoordinates: 56°09′06″N 44°11′44″E / 56.15167°N 44.19556°E | |
Location | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
Administrative structure (as o Februar 2012) | |
Admeenistrative centre | toun o Kstovo[1] |
Admeenistrative diveesions:[1] | |
selsoviet | 13 |
Inhabitit localities:[1] | |
Ceeties/touns | 1 |
Rural localities | 122 |
Municipal structure (as o December 2010) | |
Municipally incorporatit as | Kstovsky Municipal Destrict[2] |
Municipal diveesions:[2] | |
Urban settlements | 1 |
Rural settlements | 13 |
Stateestics | |
Aurie (administrative district) (February 2012) | 1,225 km2 (473 sq mi)[1] |
Population (2010 Census) | 112,823 inhabitants[3] |
• Urban | 59.1% |
• Rural | 40.9% |
Density | 92.1/km2 (239/sq mi)[4] |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00)[5] |
Established | 1929[1] |
Offeecial wabsteid | |
Kstovsky Destrict on WikiCommons |
Kstovsky Destrict (Roushie: Ксто́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] destrict (raion), ane o the fowerty-three in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Roushie. It is locatit in the centre o the oblast. The aurie o the destrict is 1,225 square kilometer (473 sq mi).[1] Its admeenistrative centre is the toun o Kstovo.[1] Population: 112,823 (2010 Census);[3] 46,759 (2002 Census);[6] 47,917 (1989 Census).[7] The population o Kstovo accoonts for 59.1% o the destrict's total population.[3]
Kstovsky Destrict is locatit alang the soothren shore o the Volga River. The wastmaist pairt o the destrict is adjacent tae the ceety o Nizhny Novgorod. It is gradually becomin mair suburban, its hoosin developments an shoppin centres closely linkit tae the life o the ceety. The east o the destrict is maire rural, wi potato, ruit crops, an grain fields an cattle pasturs alternatin wi forests an dacha auries.
The destrict wis established in 1929 an gien its present name in 1930.[1]
Local historical steids include the Kirk o Oor Lady o Kazan in the veelage o Velikiy Vrag, juist northeast o Kstovo. It wis built in 1792 an is nou protectit as a heritage steid, awned bi the federal govrenment.[8][9]
Maist o the industrie in the destrict is locatit in an aroond the toun o Kstovo. The rest o the destrict is moaistly agricultural, although the metalwirkin plant in Bezvodnoye an a brick factory in Afonino are well-kent in the region.
The construction o Gorky Nuclear Destrict Heatin Plant, which wis meant tae provide heatin for a lairge pairt o Nizhny Novgorod, wis stairtit in the early 1980s in the wastren pairt o the destrict, near the Royka railwey station an the veelage o Fedyakovo. A few years later, efter the Chernobyl disaster, the construction stoppit, an the lairge, amaist completit biggin remains maistly unuised.
Ane o Nizhny Novgorod metropolitan aurie's lairgest shoppin maws, anchored bi an IKEA store an an Auchan hypermercat, is locatit near the same Fedyakovo, athort the road frae the hulkin uncompletit nuclear plant biggin. Conveniently locatit near baith Nizhny Novgorod an Kstovo, the maw is connectit tae baith ceeties bi free shuttle buses.