Vichugsky District Explained

En Name:Vichugsky District
Ru Name:Вичугский район
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Coordinates:57.2°N 96°W
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Federal Subject:Ivanovo Oblast
Adm Data As Of:February 2015
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Vichuga
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:3
No Of Rural Localities:168
Mun Data As Of:December 2014
Mun Formation1:Vichugsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:3
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:3
Area Km2:1005
Pop 2010Census:20201
Urban Pop 2010Census:59.7%
Rural Pop 2010Census:40.3%
Website:http://www.vichuga-mr.ru
Date:January 2012
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Population of Vichugsky District
Label1:2021 Census
Data1:16415
Label2:2010 Census
Data2:20,201
Label3:2002 Census
Data3:23,676
Label4:1989 Census
Data4:27,026
Label5:1979 Census
Data5:30,405

Vichugsky District (Russian: Ви́чугский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the northern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 1005km2.[2] Its administrative center is the town of Vichuga[3] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[4] As of the 2021 Census, the total population of the district was 16,415.

Administrative and municipal status

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

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Vichugsky Municipal District.[5] The Town of Vichuga is incorporated separately from the district as Vichuga Urban Okrug.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. According to Law #145-OZ, the borders of the administrative and municipal districts are identical. Law #4-OZ lists the inhabited localities included in the municipal district.
  2. Web site: General Information. Vichugsky District. russian. May 6, 2017.
  3. Law #145-OZ
  4. Law #145-OZ stipulates that the borders of the administrative districts are identical to the borders of the municipal districts. The Law #4-OZ, which describes the borders and the composition of Vichugsky District, does not list the town of Vichuga as a part of that district.
  5. Law #4-OZ
  6. Law #124-OZ