Arzamassky District
District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
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Arzamassky District (Russian: Арзама́сский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,016.9 square kilometers (778.7 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the city of Arzamas (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 43,723 (2010 Census);[2] 46,086 (2002 census);[6] 54,491 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Arzamassky District
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Entrance to the village of Bebyayevo in Arzamassky District | |
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 Location of Arzamassky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 55°24′N 43°49′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1929[1] |
| Administrative center | Arzamas[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,016.9 km2 (778.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 43,723 |
| • Density | 21.678/km2 (56.147/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 18.5% |
| • Rural | 81.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 12 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[3], 104 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Arzamassky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 22603000 |
| Website | http://arz.omsu-nnov.ru |
History
The district was established in 1929.[1]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Arzamassky District is one of the forty in the oblast.[1] The city of Arzamas serves as its administrative center,[1] despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[8]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District.[4] The city of oblast significance of Arzamas is incorporated separately from the district as Arzamas Urban Okrug.[4]
Transportation
A narrow gauge railway serving the Peshelan gypsum mine is located in the village of Bebyayevo.
Notable residents
- Alena Arzamasskaia (died 1670), famed female rebel fighter, born in Vyezdnaya
- Valentina Telichkina (born 1945), actress, born in the village of Krasnoye