Pavlovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
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Pavlovsky District (Russian: Па́вловский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Pavlovsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,098.5 square kilometers (424.1 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the town of Pavlovo.[1] Population: 100,960 (2010 Census);[2] 43,426 (2002 census);[6] 47,875 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Pavlovo accounts for 60.1% of the district's total population.[2]
Pavlovsky District
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Lake Tumbotinskoye in Pavlovsky District | |
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 Location of Pavlovsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 55°57′43″N 43°05′24″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1929[1] |
| Administrative center | Pavlovo[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,098.5 km2 (424.1 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 100,960 |
| • Density | 91.907/km2 (238.04/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 81.1% |
| • Rural | 18.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 3 Towns of district significance, 1 Work settlements, 6 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 3 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[3], 91 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pavlovsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 4 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 22642000 |
| Website | http://admpavlovo.ru |
History
The district was established in 1929.[1]
Notable residents
- Nikolai Albov (1866–1897), botanist and geographer, born in Pavlovo
- Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (born 1930), Soviet runner