En Name: | Balezinsky District |
Ru Name: | Балезинский район |
Loc Name1: | Балезино ёрос |
Loc Lang1: | Udmurt |
Image View: | Верховья Камы в окрестностях села Сергино.JPG |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Balezino Region (Udmurtia).svg |
Federal Subject: | Udmurt Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | August 2016 |
Adm Ctr Type: | settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Balezino |
Selsoviet Type1: | selsoviet |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 17 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 136 |
Counts Ref: | [1] |
Mun Data As Of: | February 2012 |
Mun Formation1: | Balezinsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 17 |
Area Km2: | 2434.7 |
Area Km2 Ref: | [2] |
Pop 2010Census: | 34617 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 46.6% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 53.4% |
Established Date: | July 15, 1929 |
Website: | http://balezino.udmurt.ru/ |
Commonscat: | Balezinsky District |
Date: | April 2010 |
Balezinsky District (Russian: Балези́нский райо́н; Udmurt: Балезино ёрос, Balezino joros) is an administrative[3] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 2434.7km2.[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Balezino.[5] Population: 38,443 (2002 Census); The population of Balezino accounts for 46.6% of the district's total population.
Rivers flowing through the district include the Cheptsa, the Kep, the Lopya, the Kama, the Pyzep, the Lyuk, and others.
The district was created on July 15, 1929 by merging Balezinskaya and Yagoshurskaya Volosts of Glazovsky Uyezd.
Ethnic composition (according to the 2002 Census): Udmurt people: 57.6%; Russians: 30.9%; Tatars: 9.8%.