Nerekhtsky District
District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia
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Nerekhtsky District (Russian: Не́рехтский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,163 square kilometers (449 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Nerekhta (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 29,270 (2021 census);[7] 11,416 (2010 census);[3] 13,447 (2002 Census);[8] 15,393 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Nerekhtsky District
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Church of the Presentation Nikolaya, Nerekhtsky District | |
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 Location of Nerekhtsky District in Kostroma Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°27′N 40°35′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kostroma Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Nerekhta[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,163 km2 (449 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 11,416 |
| • Density | 9.816/km2 (25.42/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 4 Settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 160 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Nerekhtsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 34626000 |
| Website | http://admnerehta.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nerekhtsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.[1] The town of Nerekhta serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nerekhtsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Nerekhta being incorporated within it as Nerekhta Urban Settlement.[5]