Lyskovsky District
Lyskovsky District
Лысковский район | |
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Transfiguration Cathedral in Lyskovo | |
Location of Lyskovsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56°00′46″N 45°01′31″E / 56.01278°N 45.02528°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Lyskovo |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,134 km2 (824 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 39,964 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 54.7% |
| • Rural | 45.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 8 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 101 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Lyskovsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 22640000 |
| Website | http://lsk.omsu-nnov.ru |
Lyskovsky District (Russian: Лы́сковский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Lyskovsky Municipal District. It is located in the east of the oblast on both sides of the Volga River. The area of the district is 2,134 square kilometers (824 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Lyskovo. Population: 39,964 (2010 Census); 43,755 (2002 Census); 46,895 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Lyskovo accounts for 54.7% of the district's total population.