Navashinsky District

Navashinsky District (Russian: Нава́шинский райо́н) was an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It was located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district was 1,277.5 square kilometers (493.2 sq mi).^[1] Its administrative center was the town of Navashino.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 24,296, with the population of Navashino accounting for 67.6% of that number.^[3]

Navashinsky District Навашинский район
District
Bolshoye Svyatoye Lake, a protected area of Russia in Navashinsky District
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Location of Navashinsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 55°32′N 42°12′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Established	1944[1]
Abolished	May 24, 2015[2]
Administrative center	Navashino[1]
Area [1]
• Total	1,277.5 km2 (493.2 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	24,296
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
• Urban	71.6%
• Rural	28.4%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns of district significance, 4 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 cities/towns, 50 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Navashinsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	22730000

Population of Navashinsky District

2010 Census	24,296[3]
2002 Census	27,617[6]
1989 Census	31,537[7]
1979 Census	34,471[8]

History

The district was established in 1944 and given its present name in 1960.^[1] Per Law #66-Z of May 13, 2015, the district was transformed into a town of oblast significance of Navashino.^[2] In a similar manner, Law #58-Z of May 8, 2015 abolished Navashinsky Municipal District and transformed it into Navashinsky Urban Okrug.^[9]

Administrative and municipal divisions

As of May 2015, the district was administratively divided into one town of district significance (Navashino) and four selsoviets (comprising fifty rural localities).^[1] Municipally, Navashinsky Municipal District was divided into one urban settlement and four rural settlements.^[4]