Volkhovsky District
Volkhovsky District
Волховский район (Russian) | |
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Location of Volkhovsky District in Leningrad Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 59°55′N 32°21′E / 59.917°N 32.350°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Established | September 1927 |
| Administrative center | Volkhov |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,124.4 km2 (1,978.5 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 48,000 |
| • Density | 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47.0% |
| • Rural | 53.0% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 12 settlement municipal formation |
| • Inhabited localities | 3 cities/towns, 277 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Volkhovsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 3 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 41609000 |
| Website | http://www.volkhov-raion.ru/ |
Volkhovsky District (Russian: Во́лховский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central eastern part of the oblast and borders with Lodeynopolsky District in the northeast, Tikhvinsky District in the southeast, Kirishsky District in the south, and with Kirovsky District in the west. In the north, it is washed by Lake Ladoga. The area of the district is 5,124.4 square kilometers (1,978.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Volkhov. Population (excluding the administrative center): 48,000 (2010 census); 50,799 (2002 Census); 58,939 (1989 Soviet census).