Vadinsky District
District in Penza Oblast, Russia
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Vadinsky District (Russian: Ва́динский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,040 square kilometers (400 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Vadinsk.[1] Population: 9,807 (2010 Census);[3] 11,218 (2002 census);[6] 14,137 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Vadinsk accounts for 49.9% of the district's total population.[3]
Vadinsky District
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Town hall in Kerensk, Vadinsky District | |
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 Location of Vadinsky District in Penza Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°41′30″N 43°03′00″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Penza Oblast[1] |
| Established | 16 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Vadinsk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,040 km2 (400 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 9,807 |
| • Density | 9.43/km2 (24.4/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 7 selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 56 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Vadinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 56615000 |
| Website | http://rvadinsk.pnzreg.ru/ |
Notable residents
- Ivan Mokrousov (1919–1972), Red Army soldier during World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union, born in the village of Rakhmanivka
- Georg Myasnikov (1926–1996), politician and historian