Mezensky District
Mezensky District
Мезенский район (Russian) | |
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School in Mezen | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Mezensky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 64°51′N 44°14′E / 64.850°N 44.233°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
| Administrative center | Mezen |
| Area | |
• Total | 34,400 km2 (13,300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,330 |
| • Density | 0.300/km2 (0.778/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 59.6% |
| • Rural | 40.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 1 Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory, 13 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 52 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Mezensky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 11642000 |
| Website | http://www.mezen.ru/ |
Mezensky District (Russian: Мезе́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Mezensky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the northeast, Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic in the east, Leshukonsky and Pinezhsky Districts in the south, and with Primorsky District in the southwest. From the north, the district borders the White Sea. The area of the district is 34,400 square kilometers (13,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Mezen. Population: 10,330 (2010 census); 13,124 (2002 census); 17,796 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Mezen accounts for 34.6% of the total district's population.