Gavrilovo-Posadsky District
District in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia
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Gavrilovo-Posadsky District (Russian: Гаври́лово-Поса́дский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 960 square kilometers (370 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Gavrilov Posad.[1] Population: 12,669 (2021 census);[8] 17,591 (2010 census);[3] 20,430 (2002 Census);[9] 23,334 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Gavrilov Posad accounts for 42.9% of the district's total population.[3]
Gavrilovo-Posadsky District
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Landscape in Gavrilo-Posadsky District | |
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 Location of Gavrilovo-Posadsky District in Ivanovo Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56°34′N 40°07′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Ivanovo Oblast[1] |
| Established | 10 June 1929 |
| Administrative center | Gavrilov Posad[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 960 km2 (370 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,591 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 51.1% |
| • Rural | 48.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[5], 85 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Gavrilovo-Posadsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 2 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 24603000 |
| Website | http://www.adm-gavrilovposad.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
The town of Gavrilov Posad serves as the administrative center of the district.[1] Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast in December 2010, it was administratively incorporated separately from the district. Municipally, Gavrilov Posad is incorporated within Gavrilovo-Posadsky Municipal District as Gavrilovo-Posadskoye Urban Settlement.[6]