Rodnikovsky District Explained

En Name:Rodnikovsky District
Ru Name:Родниковский район
Image View:Казанская церковь, село Кощеево, построена в 1811 г.jpg
Coordinates:57.1°N 85°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Rodnikovsky rayon (Ivanovo oblast).png
Federal Subject:Ivanovo Oblast
Adm Data As Of:October 2011
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Rodniki
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Rural Localities:156
Counts Ref:[1]
Mun Data As Of:December 2009
Mun Formation1:Rodnikovsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:3
Area Km2:934
Pop 2010Census:35846
Urban Pop 2010Census:73.4%
Rural Pop 2010Census:26.6%
Website:http://www.rodniki-37.ru/
Date:January 2012

Rodnikovsky District (Russian: Роднико́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.[2] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 934km2. Its administrative center is the town of Rodniki. Population: 38,667 (2002 Census); The population of Rodniki accounts for 78.9% of the district's total population.

Administrative and municipal status

The town of Rodniki 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, Rodniki is incorporated within Rodnikovsky Municipal District as Rodnikovskoye 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 #50-OZ lists the inhabited localities included in the municipal district.
  2. Law #145-OZ
  3. Law #50-OZ