En Name: | Puchezhsky District |
Ru Name: | Пучежский район |
Image View: | Умековские просторы (21190161544).jpg |
Coordinates: | 59.9833°N 53°W |
Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Puchezhsky_rayon_(Ivanovo_oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Ivanovo Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | October 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Puchezh |
No Of Cities Towns: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 234 |
Counts Ref: | [1] |
Mun Data As Of: | July 2010 |
Mun Formation1: | Puchezhsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 4 |
Area Km2: | 785 |
Pop 2010Census: | 13863 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 61.9% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 38.1% |
Website: | http://xn----8sbnekgcd6ajcsiz4d.xn--p1ai/ |
Date: | January 2012 |
Puchezhsky District (Russian: Пу́чежский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.[2] It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 785km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Puchezh. Population: 17,490 (2002 Census); The population of Puchezh accounts for 62.2% of the district's total population.
The town of Puchezh 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. Municipally, Puchezh is incorporated within Puchezhsky Municipal District as Puchezhskoye Urban Settlement.[4]