Vasileostrovsky District

Vasileostrovsky District
Василеостровский район (Russian)

Vasileostrovsky District on the 2006 map of St. Petersburg
Coordinates: 59°56′38″N 30°14′30″E / 59.94389°N 30.24167°ECoordinates: 59°56′38″N 30°14′30″E / 59.94389°N 30.24167°E
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject federal city of St. Petersburg[1]
Statistics
Area 21.4688 km2 (8.2892 sq mi)[2]
Population (2010 Census) 203,058 inhabitants[3]
Density 9,458.28/km2 (24,496.8/sq mi)[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Established 1917
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Vasileostrovsky District (Russian: Василеостро́вский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 214,625;[3] down from 236,856 recorded in the 2002 Census.[6]

Geography

The district occupies the territories of Vasilyevsky and Dekabristov Islands and includes a smaller Severny Island.

History

The district was one of the first established in Petrograd in 1917.

Municipal divisions

Vasileostrovsky District comprises the following five municipal okrugs:[1]

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Law #411-68
  2. Official website of the Administration of St. Petersburg. Vasileostrovsky District (Russian)
  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.

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