Pechengsky District

Pechengsky District
Печенгский район
Landscape in Pechengsky District, August 2013
Landscape in Pechengsky District, August 2013
Flag of Pechengsky District
Coat of arms of Pechengsky District
Map
Location of Pechengsky District in Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 69°32′N 31°12′E / 69.533°N 31.200°E / 69.533; 31.200
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast[1]
EstablishedJuly 21, 1945[2]
Administrative centerNikel[1]
Government
 • TypeLocal government
 • BodyCouncil of Deputies[3]
Area
 • Total8,662.22 km2 (3,344.50 sq mi)
Population
 • Total38,920
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Urban
81.6%
 • Rural
18.4%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns, 2 Urban-type settlements, 1 Territorial okrugs
 • Inhabited localities1 cities/towns, 2 Urban-type settlements[5], 14 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asPechengsky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]3 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID47615000
Websitehttp://pechengamr.ru/

Pechengsky District (Russian: Пе́ченгский райо́н; Finnish: Petsamo; Norwegian: Peisen;[8] Northern Sami: Beahcán; Skolt Sami: Peäccam) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Pechengsky Municipal District.[6] It is located in the northwest of the oblast, on the coast of the Barents Sea (by the Rybachy Peninsula, which is a part of the district) and borders Finland in the south and southwest and Norway in the west, northwest, and north. The area of the district is 8,662.22 square kilometers (3,344.50 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Nikel.[1] Its population was 38,920 (2010 Census);[4] 46,404 (2002 Census);[9] 59,495 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Nikel accounts for 32.8% of the district's total population.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Law #96-01-ZMO
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  3. ^ a b c Charter of Pechengsky District
  4. ^ 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.
  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 #539-01-ZMO
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "Petsjenga". Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  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.