Vyatskopolyansky District
District in Kirov Oblast, Russia
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Vyatskopolyansky District (Russian: Вя́тскополя́нский райо́н), sometimes spelled Vyatsko-Polyansky District (Вя́тско-Поля́нский район), is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 907.71 square kilometers (350.47 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Vyatskiye Polyany (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 30,659 (2010 census);[2] 34,044 (2002 Census);[7] 38,451 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Vyatskopolyansky District
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Forest in Vyatskopolyansky District | |
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 Location of Vyatskopolyansky District in Kirov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56°13′N 51°04′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
| Established | 29 July 1929 |
| Administrative center | Vyatskiye Polyany[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 907.71 km2 (350.47 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 30,659 |
| • Density | 33.776/km2 (87.480/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 61.1% |
| • Rural | 38.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns, 1 Urban-type settlements, 1 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[3] | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[4], 41 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Vyatskopolyansky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 2 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 33610000 |
| Website | http://www.vpolyansky-rayon.ru |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vyatskopolyansky District is one of the thirty-nine in the oblast.[1] The town of Vyatskiye Polyany serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Vyatskopolyansky Municipal District.[5] The Town of Vyatskiye Polyany is incorporated separately from the district as Vyatskiye Polyany Urban Okrug.[5]