Shumerlinsky District

Shumerlinsky District (Russian: Шу́мерлинский райо́н; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле районӗ, Śĕmĕrle rayonĕ) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the north, Vurnarsky District in the east, Ibresinsky and Poretsky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the Sura River in the west. The area of the district is 1,047.6 square kilometers (404.5 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the town of Shumerlya (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 10,765 (2010 Census);^[4] 13,298 (2002 Census);^[6] 16,187 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Shumerlinsky District Шумерлинский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Chuvash	Çĕмĕрле районӗ
Kumashkynskyy reserve, Shumerlinsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Shumerlinsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55.5333°N 46.4167°E / 55.5333; 46.4167
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chuvash Republic[1]
Established	January 9, 1935[2]
Administrative center	Shumerlya[1]
Area [3]
• Total	1,047.6 km2 (404.5 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	10,765
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	11 rural settlement
• Inhabited localities	57 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Shumerlinsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements
Website	http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=77

History

The district was formed on January 9, 1935.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic.^[1] The town of Shumerlya serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shumerlinsky Municipal District.^[5] The town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated separately from the district as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.^[5]

Notable residents

• Valery Yardy (1948–1994), Olympic road cyclist

References

Notes

1. Law #28
2. "The Historical Past". Shumerlinsky District (official site). Shemurlinsky District. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
3. "General Information" (in Russian). Shumerlinsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
4. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
5. Law #37
6. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
7. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

• Государственный Совет Чувашской Республики. Закон №28 от 19 декабря 1997 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чувашской Республики», в ред. Закона №37 от 30 июля 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Чувашской Республики и признании утратившим силу Закона Чувашской Республики "О едином балансе активов и пассивов Чувашской Республики"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости Государственного Совета ЧР", №23, 1998. (State Council of the Chuvash Republic. Law #28 of December 19, 1997 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Chuvash Republic, as amended by the Law #37 of July 30, 2013 On Amending Several Legislative Acts of the Chuvash Republic and on Abrogating the Law of the Chuvash Republic "On Consolidated Balance of Assets and Liabilities of the Chuvash Republic". Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Государственный Совет Чувашской Республики. Закон №37 от 24 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Чувашской Республики и наделении их статусом городского, сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа», в ред. Закона №54 от 9 октября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Чувашской Республики "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Чувашской Республики и наделении их статусом городского, сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика", №49-50, 30 ноября 2004 г. (State Council of the Chuvash Republic. Law #37 of November 24, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Chuvash Republic and on Granting Them Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #54 of October 9, 2015 On Amending the Law of the Chuvash Republic "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Chuvash Republic and on Granting Them Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication date.).