Khvalynsky District Explained

En Name:Khvalynsky District
Ru Name:Хвалынский район
Image View:Хвалынский национальный парк.jpg
Coordinates:52.4833°N 54°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Khvalynsk (Saratov oblast).png
Federal Subject:Saratov Oblast
Adm Data As Of:2012
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Khvalynsk
No Of Rural Localities:28
Mun Data As Of:March 2013
Mun Formation1:Khvalynsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:7
Area Km2:1900
Pop 2010Census:10688
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://hvalynsk.sarmo.ru/
Date:January 2013

Khvalynsky District (Russian: Хвалынский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 1900km2. Its administrative center is the town of Khvalynsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 10,688 (2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khvalynsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast. The town of Khvalynsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts (and which, in addition to Khvalynsk, also includes six rural localities).

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Khvalynsky Municipal District, with Khvalynsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Khvalynsk Urban Settlement.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Charter of Saratov Oblast
  2. Law #78-ZSO
  3. Law #112-ZSO