Schenkurski rajon

Rajon Schenkurski rajon Шенкурский муниципальный район coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Arkhangelsk Administrative center Schenkursk (city) surface 11,300  km² population 15,196 inhabitants (as of 2010) Population density 1.3 inhabitants / km² Boroughs 1 Cities / SsT 1/0 Rural communities / villages 11/253 Head of the Rajons Sergei Alexandrovich Kotlov Rajon founded 1929 Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81851 Postcodes 165160-165199 License Plate 29 OKATO 11 258 OKTMO 11 658 Website shenkursk-region.ru Geographical location of the administrative center Coordinates 62 ° 6 '  N , 42 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 62 ° 6 '  N , 42 ° 54'  E Schenkursk Schenkursky rajon: Location in Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast within Russia

The Schenkurski rajon ( Russian Ше́нкурский муниципа́льный райо́н / Schenkurski munizipalny rajon ) is an administrative unit within the Arkhangelsk Oblast , Russia . It is located south of the Oblast capital Arkhangelsk . The administrative center is the city of Schenkursk .

geography

The Schenkurski rajon is located in the southern part of Arkhangelsk Oblast. In the west of the Rajons border the Rajons Njandomski and Plesezki , north of the Winogradowski rajon , east of the Verkhnoyemsky rajon , southeast of the Ustjanski rajon and south of the Welski rajon . The area of ​​the Rajon is 11,300 km². Coming from the south, the 575 km long Waga flows through the entire Rajon before it joins the Northern Dvina at Beresnik on the left .

history

The city of Schenkursk in 1917

The area of ​​today's Schenkurski rajon was originally settled by Finno-Ugric settlers. The Schenkurski Pogost was first mentioned in 1315 . In 1552 the area became part of the Waschki ujesd ( Важский уезд ). In 1710 the Ujesd became the Washka Oblast ( Важский область ) within the Archangelogorod governorate. The Waschka Oblast was divided into the Schenkurski ujesd and the Welski ujesd in 1780 . In 1897 the Schenkurski ujesd already had 76,759 inhabitants, with an area of ​​21,779.1 square meters (equivalent to 23,234 km²).

In 1929 the Schenkurski rajon was founded as part of the Northern Krai . Initially, it had an area of ​​7,700 km², but it grew over time in the course of numerous administrative reforms. From 1936, the Rajon became part of the Northern Oblast . On September 23, 1937, the Rajon went into the territory of the newly founded Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Population development

The following overview shows the development of the population of the Schenkurski rajon.

year	Residents
1959	3185
1970	26,630
1979	24,124
1989	22,597
2002	18,680
2010	15,196

Note: census data

Administrative division

The Rajon is divided into twelve municipalities ( муниципальное образование ), one of which is an urban municipality ( городское поселение ) and eleven rural municipalities ( сельское поселение ). With Schenkursk as the administrative center, there is only one place with city ​​status within the Rajon . 15,196 inhabitants live in the Schenkurski rajon (as of October 14, 2010), which corresponds to 1.3% of the population of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

local community Russian name Residents (October 14, 2012) Administrative center City of Schenkurskoje Шенкурское городское поселение 5,702 Schenkursk Verkholedskoye commune Верхоледское сельское поселение 500 Rakovskaya Verkhopadengskoye commune Верхопаденьгское сельское поселение 739 Ivanovskoye Nikolskoye commune Никольское сельское поселение 1,141 Shipunovskaya Rural Commune of Rowdinskoye Ровдинское сельское поселение 1.926 Hooligan Sjumskoye commune Сюмское сельское поселение 225 Kulikovskaya Tarnjanskoye rural community Тарнянское сельское поселение 159 Rybogorskaya Rural municipality of Ust-Padengskoje Усть-Паденьгское сельское поселение 1,162 Ust-Padenga Rural commune Fedorogorskoye Федорогорское сельское поселение 1,843 Nikiforovskaya Shakhanovskoye rural community Шахановское сельское поселение 112 Nosovskaya Shegovarskoye rural community Шеговарское сельское поселение 1,118 Schegowary Rural municipality of Jamskogorskoye Ямскогорское сельское поселение 569 Odintsovskaya

Economy and Transport

In addition to the forest and food industries, agriculture, especially livestock, is one of the most important industries in the Rajon.

The entire Rajon is not in possession of a railway connection. The next railway station is in Welsk, 147 km to the south . The road network within the Rajon has been continuously modernized and expanded in recent years. The Russian M8 trunk road from Moscow to Arkhangelsk runs through the Rajon .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} History of the Schenkurski rajon on the official website of the Rajon ( memento of the original from March 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian); Reviewed October 5, 2012 
2. ↑ census data 1897 on demoscope.ru (in Russian); Reviewed October 5, 2012
3. ↑ Law on the Status and Limits of Territories of Municipal Constructions of Arkhangelsk Oblast. / "О статусе и границах территорий муниципальных образований в Архангельской области" Russian; accessed on October 17, 2016
4. ↑ Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2013 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.0 MB), pp. 12-209; 11 (PDF; 17.5 MB), pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Čislennost 'naselenija po municipal'nym obrazovanijam i naselennym punktam Archangel'skoj oblasti, vključaja Neneckij avtonomnyj okru Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 Goda (population number of municipal structure and places the Arkhangelsk including the Autonomous circles Nenets results of the All-Russian census 2010.) Table  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of Arkhangelsk Oblast)   
5. ↑ Information about the economy of the Shenkursky rajon on the official website of the Rajon (Russian); Reviewed October 5, 2012
6. ↑ Information about road construction within the Shenkursky rajon on the official website of the Rajon (Russian); Reviewed October 5, 2012

Remarks

1. ↑ The information relates to the Arkhangelsk Oblast without the Nenets Autonomous Okrug

literature

• Pomorskaja ėnciklopedija: Tom 1 Istorija Archangel'skogo Severa. Pomorskij gosudarstvennyj universitet, Arkhangelsk 2001, ISBN 5-88086-147-3 , pp. 443-444

Web links

• The Shenkursky rajon on the Arkhangelsk Oblast official website (Russian)
• Official website of the Rajon (Russian)