Vesyegonsky District
District in Tver Oblast, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vesyegonsky District (Russian: Весьего́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Cherepovetsky District of Vologda Oblast in the northeast, Breytovsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the southeast, Krasnokholmsky District in the south, Molokovsky District in the southwest, Sandovsky District in the west, and with Ustyuzhensky District of Vologda Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,047 square kilometers (790 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Vesyegonsk.[1] Population: 13,481 (2010 Census);[3] 16,517 (2002 Census);[7] 19,879 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Vesyegonsk accounts for 54.4% of the district's total population.[3]
Vesyegonsky District
Весьегонский район | |
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Coordinates: 58°39′N 37°16′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Tver Oblast[1] |
Established | 12 July 1929 |
Administrative center | Vesyegonsk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,047 km2 (790 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 13,481 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 11,276 (−16.4%) |
• Density | 6.6/km2 (17/sq mi) |
• Urban | 54.4% |
• Rural | 45.6% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 7 Rural settlements |
• Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 263 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Vesyegonsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
Website | http://vesegonsk.ru/ |