Kstovsky District

Kstovsky District (Russian: Кстовский район) is an administrative and municipal district in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Kstovo. Population: 112,827 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 46,759 (2002 Census);[2] 47,917 (1989 Census).[3]

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Geography

Kstovsky District is located along the southern shore of the Volga River, immediately to the east of city of Nizhny Novgorod. The area of the district is 1,260 square kilometers (490 sq mi).

The westernmost part of the district is adjacent to Nizhny Novgorod. It is gradually becoming more suburban, its housing developments and shopping centers closely linked to the life of the city.

The town of Kstovo, although within an easy commuting distance (around 20 km) from downtown Nizhny, is a fairly self sufficient industrial city, with most people working and shopping locally.

The east of the district is more rural, with potato, root crops, and grain fields and cattle pastures alternating with forests and urbanites' second homes.

Economy

Most of the industry in the district is located in and around Kstovo. The rest of the district is mostly agricultural, although the metalworking plant in Bezvodnoye and brick factory in Afonino are well known in the region.

The construction of a nuclear heating plant (Gorky Nuclear District Heating Plant, Горьковская Атомная Станция Теплоснабжения), meant to provide heating for a large part of Nizhny Novgorod, was started in the early 1980s western part of the district, near the Royka railway station and the village of Fedyakovo. A few years later, after the Chernobyl disaster, construction stopped, and the large, almost completed building remains mostly disused to this day (2006).

One of Nizhny Novgorod metropolitan area's largest shopping malls, anchored by an IKEA store and an Auchan hypermarket, is located near the same Fedyakovo, across the road from the hulking uncompleted nuclear plant building. Conveniently located to both Nizhny Novgorod and Kstovo, the mall is connected to both cities by free shuttle buses.

References

  1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
  2. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  3. ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 

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