Mezensky District

Mezensky District
Мезенский район
District
School in Mezen
School in Mezen
Flag of Mezensky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Mezensky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Mezensky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coordinates: 64°51′N 44°14′E / 64.850°N 44.233°E / 64.850; 44.233
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast[1]
EstablishedJuly 15, 1929[2]
Administrative centerMezen[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total
34,400 km2 (13,300 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[5]
 • Total
10,330
 • Density0.30/km2 (0.78/sq mi)
 • Urban
59.6%
 • Rural
40.4%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns of district significance, 1 Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory, 13 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[3]1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 52 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asMezensky Municipal District[7]
 • Municipal divisions[7]2 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID11642000
Websitehttp://www.mezen.ru/

Mezensky District (Russian: Мезе́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Mezensky Municipal District.[7] It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the northeast, Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic in the east, Leshukonsky and Pinezhsky Districts in the south, and with Primorsky District in the southwest. From the north, the district borders the White Sea. The area of the district is 34,400 square kilometers (13,300 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the town of Mezen.[3] Population: 10,330 (2010 Census);[5] 13,124 (2002 Census);[9] 17,796 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Mezen accounts for 34.6% of the total district's population.[5]

  1. ^ a b Law #65-5-OZ
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  3. ^ a b c Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 11 242», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 11 242, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  4. ^ a b Мезенский район (in Russian). Двина-Информ. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b c Law #258-vneoch.-OZ
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ 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).
  10. ^ 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.