Serovsky District
District in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Serovsky District (Russian: Серовский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sosvinsky Urban Okrug (Со́сьвинский городско́й о́круг).[5] Its administrative center is the town of Serov[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[6] Population: 23,538 (2010 Census);[3] 26,182 (2002 census);[7] 32,262 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Serovsky District
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 Location of Serovsky District in Sverdlovsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 59°36′00″N 60°34′00″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast[1] |
| Established | 12 November 1923 |
| Administrative center | Serov[2] |
| Population | |
• Total | 23,538 |
| • Urban | 40.9% |
| • Rural | 59.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 23 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sosvinsky Urban Okrug[5] |
| Website | http://sosvaokrug.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Serovsky District is one of the thirty in the oblast.[1] The town of Serov serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[6]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sosvinsky Urban Okrug.[5] The Town of Serov is incorporated separately from the district as Serovsky Urban Okrug.[9]