Administrative divisions of Kostroma Oblast explained

Kostroma Oblast, Russia
Administrative center: Kostroma
As of 2013:
of districts (районы)	24
of cities/towns (города)	12
of urban-type settlements (посёлки городского типа)	7
of settlements (поселения)	137
As of 2002:^[1]
of rural localities (сельские населённые пункты)	3,598
of uninhabited rural localities (сельские населённые пункты без населения)	789

• Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction:
  • Kostroma (Кострома) (administrative center)
  • Buy (Буй)
  • Galich (Галич)
  • Manturovo (Мантурово)
  • Nerekhta (Нерехта)
  • Neya (Нея)
  • Sharya (Шарья)
    • Urban-type settlements under the town's jurisdiction:
      • Vetluzhsky (Ветлужский)
  • Volgorechensk (Волгореченск)
• Districts:
  • Antropovsky (Антроповский)
    • with 5 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Buysky (Буйский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Chistye Bory (Чистые Боры)
    • with 2 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Chukhlomsky (Чухломский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Chukhloma (Чухлома)
    • with 7 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Galichsky (Галичский)
    • with 5 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Kadyysky (Кадыйский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Kadyy (Кадый)
    • with 7 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Kologrivsky (Кологривский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Kologriv (Кологрив)
    • with 4 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Kostromskoy (Костромской)
    • with 13 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Krasnoselsky (Красносельский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Krasnoye-na-Volge (Красное-на-Волге)
    • with 8 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Makaryevsky (Макарьевский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Makaryev (Макарьев)
    • with 7 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Manturovsky (Мантуровский)
    • with 5 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Mezhevskoy (Межевской)
    • with 4 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Nerekhtsky (Нерехтский)
    • with 4 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Neysky (Нейский)
    • with 8 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
    • with 5 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Ostrovsky (Островский)
    • with 6 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Parfenyevsky (Парфеньевский)
    • with 4 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Pavinsky (Павинский)
    • with 4 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Ponazyrevsky (Поназыревский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Ponazyrevo (Поназырево)
    • with 3 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Pyshchugsky (Пыщугский)
    • with 4 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Sharyinsky (Шарьинский)
    • with 10 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Soligalichsky (Солигаличский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Soligalich (Солигалич)
    • with 7 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Sudislavsky (Судиславский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Sudislavl (Судиславль)
    • with 3 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Susaninsky (Сусанинский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Susanino (Сусанино)
    • with 6 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Vokhomsky (Вохомский)
    • with 6 settlements under the district's jurisdiction.

Notes and References

1. Results of the 2002 Russian Population Census—Territory, number of districts, inhabited localities, and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject