Vologodsky District
Vologodsky District
Вологодский район (Russian) | |
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Location of Vologodsky District in Vologda Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 59°26′N 39°41′E / 59.433°N 39.683°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
| Administrative center | Vologda |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,500 km2 (1,700 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 50,438 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 23 selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities | 912 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Vologodsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 19620000 |
| Website | http://volraion.ru/ |
Vologodsky District (Russian: Волого́дский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Ust-Kubinsky and Sokolsky Districts in the northeast, Mezhdurechensky District in the east, Gryazovetsky District in the southeast, Poshekhonsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the southwest, Sheksninsky District in the west, and with Kirillovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 4,500 square kilometers (1,700 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Vologda (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 50,438 (2010 census); 50,956 (2002 Census); 64,946 (1989 Soviet census). As of 2010, Vologodsky District was the most populous among all the districts of Vologda Oblast.