Kotelnichsky District (Russian: Коте́льничский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,940 square kilometers (1,520 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Kotelnich (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 15,799; (2010 Russian census)[3] 20,507 (2002 Census);[8] 27,712 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Kotelnichsky District
Котельничский район | |
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Coordinates: 58°18′N 48°20′E / 58.300°N 48.333°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
Established | 15 July 1929 |
Administrative center | Kotelnich[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,940 km2 (1,520 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 15,799 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 12,994 (−17.8%) |
• Density | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 20 rural okrug |
• Inhabited localities[5] | 250 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kotelnichsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 20 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 33619000 |
Website | http://www.kotelnich-msu.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kotelnichsky District is one of the thirty-nine in the oblast.[1] The town of Kotelnich 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 Kotelnichsky Municipal District.[6] The Town of Kotelnich is incorporated separately from the district as Kotelnich Urban Okrug.[6]
The Otvorskoye and Gorokhovskoye peat railways for hauling peat operate in the district.