Kovylkinsky District

Kovylkinsky District
Ковылкинский район (Russian)
Лашмонь район (Moksha)
Ковёлбуе (Erzya)

Location of Kovylkinsky District in the Republic of Mordovia
Coordinates: 54°02′N 43°55′E / 54.033°N 43.917°E / 54.033; 43.917Coordinates: 54°02′N 43°55′E / 54.033°N 43.917°E / 54.033; 43.917
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Mordovia[1]
Administrative structure (as of June 2015)
Administrative center town of Kovylkino[2]
Administrative divisions:[2]
Selsoviets 21
Inhabited localities:[2]
Rural localities 106
Municipal structure (as of March 2010)
Municipally incorporated as Kovylkinsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 21
Statistics
Area 2,015.7 km2 (778.3 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 22,523 inhabitants[4]
• Urban 0%
• Rural 100%
Density 11.17/km2 (28.9/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Official website
Kovylkinsky District on WikiCommons
Population of Kovylkinsky District
2010 Census 22,523[4]
2002 Census 25,488[7]
1989 Census 33,488[8]
1979 Census 47,727[9]

Kovylkinsky District (Russian: Ковы́лкинский райо́н; Moksha: Лашмонь район; Erzya: Ковёлбуе) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 2,015.7 square kilometers (778.3 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kovylkino (which is not administratively a part of the district).[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,523.[4]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kovylkinsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic.[2] The district is divided into 21 selsoviets which comprise 106 rural localities.[2] The town of Kovylkino serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kovylkinsky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Kovylkino being incorporated within it as Kovylkino Urban Settlement.[3] Its twenty-one selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-one rural settlements within the municipal district.[3] The town of Kovylkino serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.[3]

Notable people

Soviet/Russian artist Fedot Sychkov was born on the territory of modern Kovylkinsky District, in the selo of Kochelayevo. Sychkov museum was open in 1970.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #7-Z
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #13-Z
  4. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

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