Sernursky District Explained

En Name:Sernursky District
Ru Name:Сернурский район
Loc Name1:Шернур кундем
Loc Lang1:Meadow Mari
Loc Lang2:Hill Mari
Coordinates:57.092°N 48.966°W
Image Coa:Coat of arms of Sernursky District.svg
Federal Subject:Mari El Republic
Adm Data As Of:October 2014
Adm Ctr Type:urban-type settlement
Adm Ctr Name:Sernur
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type:Urban-type settlements
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Rural okrugs
No Of Selsoviets Type1:8
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:145
Mun Data As Of:August 2014
Mun Formation1:Sernursky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:8
Area Km2:1032
Pop 2010Census:25672
Urban Pop 2010Census:33.8%
Rural Pop 2010Census:66.2%
Website:http://mari-el.gov.ru/sernur
Date:October 2012
Population of Sernursky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:25,672
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:25,280
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:27,263
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:28,883

Sernursky District (Russian: Се́рнурский райо́н; Шернур кундем, Šernur kundem) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 1032km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Sernur.[3] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 25,672, with the population of Sernur accounting for 33.8% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sernursky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into 1 urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Sernur) and 8 rural okrugs, all of which comprise 145 rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sernursky Municipal District. Sernur Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the eight rural okrugs are incorporated into eight rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Sernur serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #22-Z
  2. Law #15-Z
  3. Resolution #9