Boksitogorsky District

Boksitogorsky District
Бокситогорский район
Source of the Volozhba River, in Boksitogorsky District
Source of the Volozhba River, in Boksitogorsky District
Flag of Boksitogorsky District
Coat of arms of Boksitogorsky District
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Location of Boksitogorsky District in Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 59°29′N 34°40′E / 59.483°N 34.667°E / 59.483; 34.667
CountryRussia
Federal subjectLeningrad Oblast[1]
EstablishedJuly 25, 1952[2]
Administrative centerBoksitogorsk[1]
Area
 • Total7,200 km2 (2,800 sq mi)
Population
 • Total15,695
 • Density2.2/km2 (5.6/sq mi)
 • Urban
23.0%
 • Rural
77.0%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions2 Settlement municipal formations (towns), 1 Settlement municipal formations (urban-type settlements), 7 Settlement municipal formations (rural settlements)
 • Inhabited localities[1]2 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[5], 258 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asBoksitogorsky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]3 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID41603000
Websitehttp://www.boksitogorsk.ru/

Boksitogorsky District (Russian: Бокситого́рский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Tikhvinsky District in the north and west, Babayevsky District of Vologda Oblast in the east, Chagodoshchensky District of Vologda Oblast in the southeast, Khvoyninsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the south, and with Lyubytinsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the southwest. The area of the district is 7,200 square kilometers (2,800 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Boksitogorsk.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 15,695 (2010 Census);[4] 17,698 (2002 Census);[8] 49,452 (1989 Soviet census).[9][10]

  1. ^ a b c d e Oblast Law #32-oz
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  3. ^ a b Географическое положение (in Russian). Бокситогорский муниципальный район. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  6. ^ a b c Law #78-oz
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ 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).
  9. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ The 1989 results include the population of the town of Pikalyovo.