En Name: | Kotelnichsky District |
Ru Name: | Котельничский район |
Image View: | Глыбы и валуны в окружении кедров и сосен.JPG |
Coordinates: | 58.3°N 68°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kotelnichsky district.png |
Federal Subject: | Kirov Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | July 2012 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Kotelnich |
Selsoviet Type1: | rural okrug |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 20 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 250 |
Counts Ref: | [1] |
Mun Data As Of: | July 2012 |
Mun Formation1: | Kotelnichsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 20 |
Area Km2: | 3940 |
Pop 2010Census: | 15799 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://www.kotelnich-msu.ru/ |
Date: | February 2012 |
Kotelnichsky District (Russian: Коте́льничский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 3940km2.[4] Its administrative center is the town of Kotelnich (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 20,507 (2002 Census);
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kotelnichsky District is one of the thirty-nine in the oblast. The town of Kotelnich 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 Kotelnichsky Municipal District. The Town of Kotelnich is incorporated separately from the district as Kotelnich Urban Okrug.
The Otvorskoye and Gorokhovskoye peat railways for hauling peat operate in the district.