Plesetsky District

Plesetsky District
Плесецкий район
A rural view in Plesetsky District
A rural view in Plesetsky District
Flag of Plesetsky District
Coat of arms of Plesetsky District
Map
Location of Plesetsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coordinates: 62°42′N 40°17′E / 62.700°N 40.283°E / 62.700; 40.283
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast[1]
EstablishedJuly 15, 1929[2]
Administrative centerPlesetsk[3]
Area
 • Total
27,500 km2 (10,600 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
49,077
 • Density1.8/km2 (4.6/sq mi)
 • Urban
68.2%
 • Rural
31.8%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions4 Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory, 11 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities4 Urban-type settlements[6], 235 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asPlesetsky Municipal District[7]
 • Municipal divisions[7]4 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements

Plesetsky District (Russian: Плесе́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Plesetsky Municipal District.[7] It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Primorsky District in the north, Kholmogorsky District in the northeast, the territories of the town of oblast significance of Mirny and Vinogradovsky District in the east, Shenkursky District in the southeast, Nyandomsky and Kargopolsky Districts in the south, Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the west, and with Onezhsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 27,500 square kilometers (10,600 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Plesetsk.[3] Population: 49,077 (2010 Census);[5] 58,257 (2002 Census);[8] 83,357 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Plesetsk accounts for 22.5% of the district's total population.[5]

The Plesetsk Cosmodrome is located on the territory of the district but is administered by the federal government of Russia.

  1. ^ a b Law #65-5-OZ
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ukaz1929 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b 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 11 250», 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 11 250, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  4. ^ a b Плесецкий район (in Russian). Двина-Информ. Retrieved August 4, 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. ^ 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).
  9. ^ 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.