Arzamassky District

Arzamassky District
Арзамасский район (Russian)

Location of Arzamassky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 55°24′N 43°49′E / 55.400°N 43.817°E / 55.400; 43.817Coordinates: 55°24′N 43°49′E / 55.400°N 43.817°E / 55.400; 43.817

Entrance to the village of Bebyayevo in Arzamassky District
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of February 2014)
Administrative center city of Arzamas[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Work settlements 1
Selsoviets 12
Inhabited localities:[1]
Urban-type settlements[2] 1
Rural localities 104
Municipal structure (as of December 2010)
Municipally incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 12
Statistics
Area (administrative district) (February 2014) 2,016.9 km2 (778.7 sq mi)[1]
Population (2010 Census) 43,723 inhabitants[4]
 Urban 18.5%
 Rural 81.5%
Density 21.68/km2 (56.2/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Established 1929[1]
Official website
Arzamassky District on WikiCommons

Arzamassky District (Russian: Арзама́сский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,016.9 square kilometers (778.7 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the city of Arzamas (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 43,723 (2010 Census);[4] 46,086(2002 Census);[7] 54,491(1989 Census).[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Arzamassky District is one of the forty-three in the oblast.[1] The city of Arzamas serves as its administrative center,[1] despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[9]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District.[3] The city of oblast significance of Arzamas is incorporated separately from the district as Arzamas Urban Okrug.[3]

Transportation

A narrow gauge railway serving the Peshelan gypsum mine is located in the village of Bebyayevo.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Order #3-od
  2. The count of urban-type settlements includes the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Resolution #670
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.).
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Law #184-Z

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