Furmanovsky District Explained

En Name:Furmanovsky District
Ru Name:Фурмановский район
Image View:Фурмановская картинная галерея (бывший особняк Лосева).jpg
Coordinates:57.25°N 47°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Furmanov (Ivanovo oblast).png
Federal Subject:Ivanovo Oblast
Adm Data As Of:October 2011
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Furmanov
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Rural Localities:104
Counts Ref:[1]
Mun Data As Of:November 2008
Mun Formation1:Furmanovsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:5
Area Km2:763.2
Pop 2010Census:6733
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://www.furmanov.net/
Date:January 2012

Furmanovsky District (Russian: Фу́рмановский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.[2] It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 763.2km2. Its administrative center is the town of Furmanov. Population (excluding the administrative center): 6,524 (2002 Census); Population with the administrative center: The population of Furmanov accounts for 86.0% of the district's total population.

Administrative and municipal status

The town of Furmanov serves as the administrative center of the district. Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast in December 2010, it was administratively incorporated separately from the district. As a municipal division, Furmanov is incorporated within Furmanovsky Municipal District as Furmanovskoye Urban Settlement.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. According to Law #145-OZ, the borders of the administrative and municipal districts are identical. Law #51-OZ lists the inhabited localities included in the municipal district.
  2. Law #145-OZ
  3. Law #51-OZ