Konoshsky District

Konoshsky District (Russian: Ко́ношский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Konoshsky Municipal District. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Nyandomsky District in the north, Velsky District in the east, Verkhovazhsky, Vozhegodsky, and Kirillovsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in the south, and with Kargopolsky District in the west. The area of the district is 8,500 square kilometers (3,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Konosha. Population: 26,106(2010 Census); 31,067(2002 Census); 42,136(1989 Census). The population of Konosha accounts for 47.6% of the district's total population.

Konoshsky District
Коношский район
House in Konosha
Location of Konoshsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coordinates: 60°58′N 40°14′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast
EstablishedMarch 21–22, 1935
Administrative centerKonosha
Area
  Total8,500 km2 (3,300 sq mi)
Population
  Total26,106
  Estimate 
(2018)
21,609 (−17.2%)
  Density3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi)
  Urban
47.6%
  Rural
52.4%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions1 Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory, 10 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities1 Urban-type settlements, 164 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asKonoshsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID11622000
Websitehttp://www.konosha.ru/
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