Navashinsky District
District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
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Navashinsky District (Russian: Нава́шинский райо́н) was an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It was located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district was 1,277.5 square kilometers (493.2 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center was the town of Navashino.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 24,296, with the population of Navashino accounting for 67.6% of that number.[3]
Navashinsky District
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Bolshoye Svyatoye Lake, a protected area of Russia in Navashinsky District | |
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 Location of Navashinsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 55°32′N 42°12′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1944[1] |
| Abolished | May 24, 2015[2] |
| Administrative center | Navashino[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,277.5 km2 (493.2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 24,296 |
| • Density | 19.018/km2 (49.257/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 71.6% |
| • Rural | 28.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 4 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 50 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Navashinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 22730000 |
| 2010 Census | 24,296[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 27,617[6] |
| 1989 Census | 31,537[7] |
| 1979 Census | 34,471[8] |
History
The district was established in 1944 and given its present name in 1960.[1] Per Law #66-Z of May 13, 2015, the district was transformed into a town of oblast significance of Navashino.[2] In a similar manner, Law #58-Z of May 8, 2015 abolished Navashinsky Municipal District and transformed it into Navashinsky Urban Okrug.[9]
Administrative and municipal divisions
As of May 2015, the district was administratively divided into one town of district significance (Navashino) and four selsoviets (comprising fifty rural localities).[1] Municipally, Navashinsky Municipal District was divided into one urban settlement and four rural settlements.[4]