Mozhaysky District, Moscow

Mozhaysky District
Можайский район
Ring Road interchange with Mozhayskoe, Mozhaysky District
Ring Road interchange with Mozhayskoe, Mozhaysky District
Flag of Mozhaysky District
Coat of arms of Mozhaysky District
Map
Location of Mozhaysky District in Moscow
Coordinates: 55°43′N 37°24′E / 55.717°N 37.400°E / 55.717; 37.400
CountryRussia
Federal subjectFederal city of Moscow[1]
Area
 • Total
17.526 km2 (6.767 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
132,373
 • Estimate 
(2013)[2]
135,527
 • Density7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asMozhaysky Municipal Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
OKTMO ID45321000
Websitehttp://mozhaiskiy-mos.ru
Population of Mozhaysky District
2010 Census132,373[3]
2002 Census109,248[6]

Mozhaysky District (Russian: Можа́йский райо́н) is a territorial division (a district, or raion) in Western Administrative Okrug, one of the 125 in the federal city of Moscow, Russia.[1] It is located in the west of the federal city. The area of the district is 17.526 square kilometers (6.767 sq mi).[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 132,373.[3] Mozhaysky District takes its name after Mozhayskoe Highway, the district's major road, which in turn was named after the old Mozhayskaya road which lead to Mozhaysk town, located 110 kilometers (68 mi) to the west of Moscow, which was protecting west approach routes to Moscow since 13th century.[7]

From 1 July, 2012, the district also includes the territory of the Skolkovo Innovation Center.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mozhaysky Municipal Okrug.[4]

  1. ^ a b Law #13-47
  2. ^ a b c City of Moscow Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service Показатели, характеризующие состояние экономики и социальной сферы муниципального образования за 2013 год. Можайский. (in Russian)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Law #59
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ Ageeva [Агеева], R. A. [Р. А.] (2007). Mozhayskoe Highway. Names of the Moscow streets. Toponymic Dictionary. [Можайское шоссе // Имена московских улиц. Топонимический словарь]. Moscow: United Humanitarian Publisher [Москва: ОГИ].