En Name: | Vachsky District |
Ru Name: | Вачский район |
Image View: | Oka near Pozhoga-0175.jpg |
Coordinates: | 55.8°N 42.7722°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Vachskii rayon.gif |
Federal Subject: | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2016 |
Adm Ctr Type: | work settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Vacha |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Work settlements |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 5 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 117 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2014 |
Mun Formation1: | Vachsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 5 |
Area Of What: | administrative district |
Area As Of: | January 2016 |
Area Km2: | 979.5 |
Pop 2010Census: | 19979 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 30.0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 70.0% |
Established Date: | 1929 |
Website: | http://вача-ннов.рф |
Date: | January 2017 |
Vachsky District (Russian: Ва́чский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Vachsky Municipal District.[2] It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 979.5km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Vacha. Population: 19,979 (2010 Census); The population of Vacha accounts for 30.0% of the district's total population.
The district was established in 1929.