Mozhaysky District, Moscow Oblast

Mozhaysky District
Можайский район
Village Tikhonovo, Mozhaysky District
Village Tikhonovo, Mozhaysky District
Flag of Mozhaysky District
Coat of arms of Mozhaysky District
Map
Location of Mozhaysky District in Moscow Oblast (before July 2012)
Coordinates: 55°30′N 36°02′E / 55.500°N 36.033°E / 55.500; 36.033
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast[1]
Established1929
Administrative centerMozhaysk[1]
Area
 • Total2,627.28 km2 (1,014.40 sq mi)
Population
 • Total72,745
 • Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
 • Urban
47.7%
 • Rural
52.3%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns, 1 Work settlements, 9 Rural settlements
 • Inhabited localities[4]1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[5], 356 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asMozhaysky Municipal District[2]
 • Municipal divisions[2]2 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID46633000
Websitehttp://www.admmozhaysk.ru/

Mozhaysky District (Russian: Можа́йский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Smolensk Oblast in the west, Kaluga Oblast in the south, Shakhovskoy District in the north, Volokolamsky District in the northeast, Ruzsky District in the east, and with Naro-Fominsky District in the southeast. The area of the district is 2,627.28 square kilometers (1,014.40 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Mozhaysk.[1] Population: 72,745 (2010 Census);[3] 70,303 (2002 Census);[7] 42,593 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Mozhaysk accounts for 43.1% of the district's total population.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Law #11/2013-OZ
  2. ^ a b c d e Law #95/2005-OZ
  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. ^ Resolution #123-PG
  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. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ 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.