Shumerlinsky District

Shumerlinsky District
Шумерлинский район (Russian)
Çĕмĕрле районĕ (Chuvash)
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Chuvash Republic[1]
Administrative structure (as of December 2011)
Administrative center town of Shumerlya[1]
Administrative divisions:
rural settlement 11
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities 57
Municipal structure (as of November 2011)
Municipally incorporated as Shumerlinsky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 11
Statistics
Area 1,047.6 km2 (404.5 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 10,765 inhabitants[3]
- Urban 0%
- Rural 100%
Density 10.28/km2 (26.6/sq mi)[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Established January 9, 1935
Official website
Shumerlinsky District on WikiCommons

Shumerlinsky District (Russian: Шу́мерлинский райо́н; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле районĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the north, Vurnarsky District in the east, Ibresinsky and Poretsky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the Sura River in the west. The area of the district is 1,047.6 square kilometers (404.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shumerlya (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 10,765(2010 Census);[3] 13,298 (2002 Census);[6] 16,187(1989 Census).[7]

History

The district was formed on January 9, 1935.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic.[1] The town of Shumerlya serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shumerlinsky Municipal District.[2] The town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated separately from the district as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Law #28
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #37
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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