Sharyinsky District Explained

En Name:Sharyinsky District
Ru Name:Шарьинский район
Image View:Калмово озеро - panoramio.jpg
Coordinates:58.3667°N 75°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Sharya rayon (Kostroma oblast).png
Federal Subject:Kostroma Oblast
Adm Data As Of:April 2014
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Sharya
Selsoviet Type1:Settlements
No Of Selsoviets Type1:10
No Of Rural Localities:179
Counts Ref:[1]
Mun Data As Of:March 2014
Mun Formation1:Sharyinsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:10
Area Km2:4070
Pop 2010Census:10390
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://www.admshmr.ru/index.php
Date:August 2011

Sharyinsky District (Russian: Шарьи́нский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 4070km2. Its administrative center is the town of Sharya (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 12,851 (2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sharyinsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast. The town of Sharya serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sharyinsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Sharya is incorporated separately from the district as Sharya Urban Okrug.

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Notes and References

  1. Registry of the Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast
  2. Law #112-4-ZKO
  3. Law #237-ZKO