Volkhovsky District
Волховский район | |
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 Location of Volkhovsky District in Leningrad Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 59°55′N 32°21′E / 59.917°N 32.350°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast[1] |
| Established | September 1927 |
| Administrative center | Volkhov[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,124.4 km2 (1,978.5 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 48,000 |
| • Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47.0% |
| • Rural | 53.0% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 12 settlement municipal formation |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 3 cities/towns, 277 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Volkhovsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 3 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 41609000 |
| Website | http://www.volkhov-raion.ru/ |
Volkhovsky District (Russian: Во́лховский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central eastern part of the oblast and borders with Lodeynopolsky District in the northeast, Tikhvinsky District in the southeast, Kirishsky District in the south, and with Kirovsky District in the west. In the north, it is washed by Lake Ladoga. The area of the district is 5,124.4 square kilometers (1,978.5 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Volkhov.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 48,000 (2010 Census);[3] 50,799 (2002 Census);[6] 58,939 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
- ^ a b c d e Oblast Law #32-oz
- ^ a b Official website of Volkhovsky District. Volkhovsky Municipal Districts in Figures and Facts (in Russian)
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Law #56-oz
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.