Gorodetsky District
Городецкий район | |
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Coordinates: 56°39′N 43°29′E / 56.650°N 43.483°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
Established | 1929[1] |
Administrative center | Gorodets[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,473.7 km2 (569.0 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 91,577 |
• Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
• Urban | 79.3% |
• Rural | 20.7% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 2 Towns of district significance, 1 Work settlements, 9 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 2 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[3], 434 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Gorodetsky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 3 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
OKTMO ID | 22628000 |
Website | http://www.gorodets-adm.ru |
Gorodetsky District (Russian: Городе́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Gorodetsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,473.7 square kilometers (569.0 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the town of Gorodets.[1] Population: 91,577 (2010 Census);[2] 64,700 (2002 Census);[6] 69,451 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Gorodets accounts for 33.5% of the district's total population.[2]