Shimsky District

Shimsky District
Шимский район
The Vekhsa River and the village of Uspolon in Shimsky District
The Vekhsa River and the village of Uspolon in Shimsky District
Coat of arms of Shimsky District
Map
Location of Shimsky District in Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 57°12′N 30°43′E / 57.200°N 30.717°E / 57.200; 30.717
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNovgorod Oblast[1]
EstablishedFebruary 15, 1935[2]
Administrative centerShimsk[1]
Area
 • Total
1,836 km2 (709 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
11,750
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
 • Urban
33.1%
 • Rural
66.9%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Urban-type settlements, 3 Settlements
 • Inhabited localities[5]1 Urban-type settlements[6], 126 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asShimsky Municipal District[7]
 • Municipal divisions[7]1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID49655000
Websitehttp://shimsk-nov.ru/

Shimsky District (Russian: Ши́мский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Batetsky District in the north, Novgorodsky District in the northeast, Starorussky District in the southeast, Volotovsky District in the south, Soletsky District in the southwest, Strugo-Krasnensky and Plyussky Districts, both of Pskov Oblast, in the west, and with Luzhsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,836 square kilometers (709 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Shimsk.[1] Population: 11,750 (2010 Census);[4] 13,312 (2002 Census);[9] 13,477 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Shimsk accounts for 33.1% of the district's total population.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Law #559-OZ
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  3. ^ a b Туристу (in Russian). Администрация Шимского муниципального района. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  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. ^ Resolution #121
  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 #398-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.