Arzamassky District
Арзамасский район | |
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![]() Entrance to the village of
Bebyayevo in Arzamassky District | |
Location of Arzamassky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
Coordinates: 55°24′N 43°49′E / 55.400°N 43.817°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast [1] |
Established | 1929 [1] |
Administrative center | Arzamas [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,016.9 km2 (778.7 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 43,723 |
• Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
• Urban | 18.5% |
• Rural | 81.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 12 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities [1] | 1 Urban-type settlements [3], 104 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Arzamassky Municipal District [4] |
• Municipal divisions [4] | 1 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone |
UTC+3 (
MSK
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OKTMO ID | 22603000 |
Website | http://arz.omsu-nnov.ru |
Arzamassky District ( Russian: Арзама́сский райо́н) is an administrative district ( raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. [1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District. [4] It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,016.9 square kilometers (778.7 sq mi). [1] Its administrative center is the city of Arzamas (which is not administratively a part of the district). [1] Population: 43,723 ( 2010 Census); [2] 46,086 ( 2002 Census); [6] 54,491 ( 1989 Soviet census). [7]
The district was established in 1929. [1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Arzamassky District is one of the forty in the oblast. [1] The city of Arzamas serves as its administrative center, [1] despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. [8]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District. [4] The city of oblast significance of Arzamas is incorporated separately from the district as Arzamas Urban Okrug. [4]
A narrow gauge railway serving the Peshelan gypsum mine is located in the village of Bebyayevo.
Arzamassky District
Арзамасский район | |
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![]() Entrance to the village of
Bebyayevo in Arzamassky District | |
Location of Arzamassky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
Coordinates: 55°24′N 43°49′E / 55.400°N 43.817°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast [1] |
Established | 1929 [1] |
Administrative center | Arzamas [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,016.9 km2 (778.7 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 43,723 |
• Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
• Urban | 18.5% |
• Rural | 81.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 12 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities [1] | 1 Urban-type settlements [3], 104 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Arzamassky Municipal District [4] |
• Municipal divisions [4] | 1 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone |
UTC+3 (
MSK
![]() |
OKTMO ID | 22603000 |
Website | http://arz.omsu-nnov.ru |
Arzamassky District ( Russian: Арзама́сский райо́н) is an administrative district ( raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. [1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District. [4] It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,016.9 square kilometers (778.7 sq mi). [1] Its administrative center is the city of Arzamas (which is not administratively a part of the district). [1] Population: 43,723 ( 2010 Census); [2] 46,086 ( 2002 Census); [6] 54,491 ( 1989 Soviet census). [7]
The district was established in 1929. [1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Arzamassky District is one of the forty in the oblast. [1] The city of Arzamas serves as its administrative center, [1] despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. [8]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District. [4] The city of oblast significance of Arzamas is incorporated separately from the district as Arzamas Urban Okrug. [4]
A narrow gauge railway serving the Peshelan gypsum mine is located in the village of Bebyayevo.