Velsky District

Velsky District
Вельский район
The Ustya River near the confluence with the Kokshenga River in Velsky District
The Ustya River near the confluence with the Kokshenga River in Velsky District
Flag of Velsky District
Coat of arms of Velsky District
Map
Location of Velsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coordinates: 61°04′N 42°06′E / 61.067°N 42.100°E / 61.067; 42.100
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast[1]
EstablishedJuly 15, 1929[2]
Administrative centerVelsk[3]
Area
 • Total
10,060 km2 (3,880 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
54,792
 • Density5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
 • Urban
54.4%
 • Rural
43.6%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns of district significance, 1 Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory, 20 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[3]1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 320 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asVelsky Municipal District[7]
 • Municipal divisions[7]2 urban settlements, 20 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID11605000
Websitehttp://www.velskmo.ru/

Velsky District (Russian: Ве́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Velsky Municipal District.[7] It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Shenkursky District in the north, Ustyansky District in the east, Verkhovazhsky District of Vologda Oblast in the south, Konoshsky District in the west, and with Nyandomsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 10,060 square kilometers (3,880 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the town of Velsk.[3] Population: 54,792 (2010 Census);[5] 61,819 (2002 Census);[9] 71,474 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Velsk accounts for 43.6% of the district's total population.[5]

  1. ^ a b Law #65-5-OZ
  2. ^ Постановление Президиума ВЦИК от 15 июля 1929 года о составе округов и районов Северного Края и их центрах (in Russian). consultant.ru. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c 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 11 205», 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 11 205, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  4. ^ a b Вельский район (in Russian). Двина-Информ. Retrieved August 25, 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. ^ "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.