Lensky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Lensky District
Ленский район (Russian) | |
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Vychegda River, near the village of Irta | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Lensky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 61°33′N 45°56′E / 61.550°N 45.933°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Established | June 1, 1924 |
| Administrative center | Yarensk |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,700 km2 (4,100 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,362 |
| • Density | 1.25/km2 (3.23/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 34.3% |
| • Rural | 65.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory, 9 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 146 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Lensky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 11635000 |
| Website | http://www.yarensk.ru/ |
Lensky District (Russian: Ле́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Lensky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Udorsky District of the Komi Republic in the north, Syktyvdinsky, Ust-Vymsky, and Sysolsky Districts, also of the Komi Republic, in the east, Vilegodsky District in the south, and with Kotlassky and Krasnoborsky Districts in the west. The area of the district is 10,700 square kilometers (4,100 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Yarensk. Population: 13,362 (2010 census); 16,071 (2002 census); 20,488 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Yarensk accounts for 27.4% of the district's total population.