Volotovsky District
Volotovsky District
Волотовский район (Russian) | |
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Hospital in Volot, Volotovsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Volotovsky District in Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°56′N 30°42′E / 57.933°N 30.700°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Novgorod Oblast |
| Established | October 1, 1927 (first), November 3, 1965 (second) |
| Administrative center | Volot |
| Area | |
• Total | 995 km2 (384 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,493 |
| • Density | 5.52/km2 (14.3/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 3 settlement |
| • Inhabited localities | 110 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Volotovsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 49610000 |
| Website | http://www.admvolot.net/ |
Volotovsky District (Russian: Волото́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Shimsky District in the north, Starorussky District in the east, Poddorsky District in the south, Dedovichsky District of Pskov Oblast in the southwest, Dnovsky District of Pskov Oblast in the west, and with Soletsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 995 square kilometers (384 sq mi), which makes it the smallest district in the oblast. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Volot. District's population: 5,493 (2010 census); 6,106 (2002 Census); 7,058 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Volot accounts for 40.7% of the district's total population.