Vetluzhsky District (Russian: Ветлу́жский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Vetluzhsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,992.4 square kilometers (1,155.4 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the town of Vetluga.[1] Population: 16,330 (2010 Census);[2] 18,902 (2002 Census);[6] 22,559 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Vetluga accounts for 54.8% of the district's total population.[2]
Vetluzhsky District
Ветлужский район | |
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 A wooded area in Vetluzhsky District | |
 Flag .jpg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vetluzhsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°51′20″N 45°46′52″E / 57.85556°N 45.78111°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1929[1] |
| Administrative center | Vetluga[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,992.4 km2 (1,155.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,330 |
| • Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 69.1% |
| • Rural | 30.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 1 Work settlements, 7 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[3], 136 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Vetluzhsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 2 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 22518000 |
| Website | https://vetluga.nobl.ru/ |
History
editThe district was established in 1929.[1]
Notable residents
edit- Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov (1880–1918), military officer, born in the village of Burdukovo, near Vetluga
- Aleksey Pisemsky (1821–1881), novelist and dramatist, lived his first ten years at Vetluga
- Vasily Rozanov (1856–1919), writer and philosopher, born in Vetluga
- Viktor Rozov (1913–2004), dramatist and screenwriter, received primary education at Vetluga from 1918
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Order #3-od
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Resolution #670
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
Sources
edit- Государственно-правовой департамент Нижегородской области. Приказ №3-од от 27 января 2016 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных образований, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Нижегородской области». Опубликован: "Нижегородская правда", №27(26048) (начало) и №30 (26051) (окончание), 19 и 26 марта 2016 г. (State Legal Department of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Order #3-od of January 27, 2016 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations, Urban and Rural Localities of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. ).
- Правительство Нижегородской области. Постановление №670 от 11 сентября 2009 г. «О перечне муниципальных образований Нижегородской области», в ред. Постановления №587 от 29 августа 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в перечень муниципальных образований Нижегородской области, утверждённый Постановлением Правительства Нижегородской области от 11 сентября 2009 г. №670». Опубликован: "Нижегородские новости", №177(4309), 1 октября 2009 г. (Government of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Resolution #670 of September 11, 2009 On the Registry of the Municipal Formations of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #587 of August 29, 2004 On Amending the Registry of the Municipal Formations of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Adopted by Resolution #670 of the Government of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of September 11, 2009. ).