Nerekhtsky District

Nerekhtsky District (Russian: Не́рехтский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,163 square kilometers (449 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Nerekhta (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 29,270 (2021 Census);^[7] 11,416 (2010 Census);^[3] 13,447 (2002 Census);^[8] 15,393 (1989 Soviet census).^[9]

Nerekhtsky District Нерехтский район
District
Church of the Presentation Nikolaya, Nerekhtsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Nerekhtsky District in Kostroma Oblast
Coordinates: 57°27′N 40°35′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kostroma Oblast[1]
Administrative center	Nerekhta[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,163 km2 (449 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	11,416
• Density	9.8/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	4 Settlements
• Inhabited localities[4]	160 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Nerekhtsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	34626000
Website	http://admnerehta.ru/

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nerekhtsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.^[1] The town of Nerekhta serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nerekhtsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Nerekhta being incorporated within it as Nerekhta Urban Settlement.^[5]