Kandalakshsky District

Kandalakshsky District
Кандалакшский район
Poyakonda, landscape in Kandalakshy District
Poyakonda, landscape in Kandalakshy District
Flag of Kandalakshsky District
Coat of arms of Kandalakshsky District
Map
Location of Kandalakshsky District in Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 67°13′N 32°20′E / 67.217°N 32.333°E / 67.217; 32.333
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast[1]
EstablishedApril 11, 2011[2]
Administrative centerKandalaksha[1]
Government
 • TypeLocal government
 • BodyCouncil of Deputies[3]
 • Head[4]Olga Mikheyeva[4]
Area
 • Total
14,400 km2 (5,600 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
49,544
 • Density3.4/km2 (8.9/sq mi)
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns, 1 Urban-type settlements, 6 Territorial okrugs
 • Inhabited localities1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[8], 21 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asKandalakshsky Municipal District[9]
 • Municipal divisions[9]2 urban settlements, 2 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[10])
OKTMO ID47608000
Websitehttp://www.kandalaksha-admin.ru/

Kandalakshsky District (Russian: Кандала́кшский райо́н) is an administrative district (a raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kandalakshsky Municipal District.[9] It is located in the southwest of the oblast, and borders with Kovdorsky District to the north, Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, and with Finland to the west. The area of the district is 14,400 square kilometers (5,600 sq mi).[5] Its administrative center is the town of Kandalaksha.[1] Population:[6] 49,544 (2010 Census);[7] 60,140 (2002 Census);[11] 78,239 (1989 Soviet census).[12] The population of Kandalaksha accounts for 72.0% of the district's total population.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b c d Law #96-01-ZMO
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Law1335 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Official website of Kandalakshsky District. Council of Deputies Archived April 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  4. ^ a b Official website of Kandalakshsky District. Administration (in Russian)
  5. ^ a b Official website of Kandalakshsky District. About the District (in Russian)
  6. ^ a b c The data are for the Kandalaksha City with Jurisdictional Territory, which was transformed into Kandalakshsky District in April 2011
  7. ^ a b c 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b c Law #538-01-ZMO
  10. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  11. ^ 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).
  12. ^ 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.