Vetluzhsky District
Vetluzhsky District
Ветлужский район | |
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A wooded area in Vetluzhsky District | |
Location of Vetluzhsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°51′20″N 45°46′52″E / 57.85556°N 45.78111°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Vetluga |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,992.4 km2 (1,155.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,330 |
| • Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 69.1% |
| • Rural | 30.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 1 Work settlements, 7 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 136 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Vetluzhsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 22518000 |
| Website | https://vetluga.nobl.ru/ |
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Vetluzhsky District (Russian: Ветлу́жский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vetluzhsky Municipal District. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,992.4 square kilometers (1,155.4 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Vetluga. Population: 16,330 (2010 Census); 18,902 (2002 Census); 22,559 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Vetluga accounts for 54.8% of the district's total population.