Chagodoshchensky District

Chagodoshchensky District (Russian: Чагодо́щенский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Babayevsky District in the northeast, Ustyuzhensky District in the southeast, Pestovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the south, Khvoyninsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the southwest, and with Boksitogorsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,400 square kilometers (930 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Chagoda. Population: 13,865(2010 Census); 15,624 (2002 Census); 17,866(1989 Census). The population of Chagoda accounts for 49.9% of the district's total population.

Chagodoshchensky District
Чагодощенский район
Landscape in Chagodoshchensky District
Location of Chagodoshchensky District in Vologda Oblast
Coordinates: 59°10′N 35°20′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVologda Oblast
EstablishedAugust 1, 1927
Administrative centerChagoda
Area
  Total2,400 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population
  Total13,865
  Estimate 
(2018)
12,053 (−13.1%)
  Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
  Urban
73.2%
  Rural
26.8
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions2 Urban-type settlements, 7 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities2 Urban-type settlements, 90 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asChagodoshchensky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions2 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID19654000
Websitehttp://www.chagoda.ru/
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