Frolovsky District Explained

En Name:Frolovsky District
Ru Name:Фроловский район
Image View:Frolovo district-Sandy open-cast mine.JPG
Coordinates:49.7667°N 82°W
Image Coa:Coat of arms of Frolovsky district 2007 (official) 01.png
Federal Subject:Volgograd Oblast
Adm Data As Of:2013
Adm Ctr Type:settlement
Adm Ctr Name:Prigorodny
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:13
No Of Rural Localities:46
Mun Data As Of:August 2014
Mun Formation1:Frolovsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:11
Area Km2:3210
Pop 2010Census:14631
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Date:August 2011

Frolovsky District (Russian: Фро́ловский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Frolovsky Municipal District.[2] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 3210km2. Its administrative center is the town of Frolovo (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 16,720 (2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Frolovsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast. The town of Frolovo 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 Frolovsky Municipal District, with the administrative center in the settlement of Prigorodny. The town of oblast significance of Frolovo is incorporated separately from the district as Frolovo Urban Okrug.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #139-OD
  2. Law #1002-OD
  3. Law #981-OD