Buysky District Explained

En Name:Buysky District
Ru Name:Буйский район
Image View:Тебза река - panoramio.jpg
Coordinates:58.4833°N 73°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Bui rayon (Kostroma oblast).png
Federal Subject:Kostroma Oblast
Adm Data As Of:April 2014
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Buy
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type:Urban settlements (urban-type settlements)
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Settlements
No Of Selsoviets Type1:2
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:260
Counts Ref:[1] [2]
Mun Data As Of:March 2014
Mun Formation1:Buysky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:2
Area Km2:3248
Pop 2010Census:11829
Urban Pop 2010Census:40.5%
Rural Pop 2010Census:59.5%
Website:http://bmr44.ru/
Date:August 2011

Buysky District (Russian: Бу́йский райо́н) is an administrative[3] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 3248km2. Its administrative center is the town of Buy (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 8,847 (2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buysky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast. The town of Buy serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Buysky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Buy is incorporated separately from the district as Buy Urban Okrug.

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Notes and References

  1. Registry of the Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast
  2. Four rural localities in Buysky District were abolished by Resolution #511 of August 30, 2004. This Resolution was abrogated by Resolution #359 of August 17, 2007; however, the rural localities had not been reinstated, nor are they included into the Registry of Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast or into the total count of district's localities.
  3. Law #112-4-ZKO
  4. Law #237-ZKO