En Name: | Sechenovsky District |
Ru Name: | Сеченовский район |
Coordinates: | 55.2244°N 45.8906°W |
Image Coa: | Sechenovskiy rayon COA (2019).jpg |
Federal Subject: | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2016 |
Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
Adm Ctr Name: | Sechenovo |
Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 7 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 53 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2014 |
Mun Formation1: | Sechenovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 7 |
Area Of What: | administrative district |
Area As Of: | January 2016 |
Area Km2: | 991 |
Pop 2010Census: | 15446 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Established Date: | 1929 |
Website: | http://www.sechenovo.omsu-nnov.ru |
Date: | January 2017 |
Sechenovsky District (Russian: Се́ченовский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Sechenovsky Municipal District.[2] It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 991km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sechenovo. Population: 15,446 (2010 Census); The population of Sechenovo accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population.
The district was established in 1929 and renamed in 1944 after physiologist Ivan Sechenov.