Lukoyanovsky District (Russian: Лукоя́новский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Lukoyanovsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,890.7 square kilometers (730.0 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the town of Lukoyanov.[1] Population: 32,384 (2010 Census);[2] 35,828 (2002 Census);[7] 38,359 (1989 Census).[8] The population of Lukoyanov accounts for 46.2% of the district's total population.[2]

Lukoyanovsky District Лукояновский район
District
Monument to Lenin in front of Town Primary School, Lukoyanov, Lukoyanovsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Lukoyanovsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 55°02′18″N 44°29′52″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Established	1929[1]
Administrative center	Lukoyanov[1]
Area [1]
• Total	1,890.7 km2 (730.0 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	32,384
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	29,582 (−8.7%)
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
• Urban	54.7%
• Rural	45.3%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns of district significance, 1 Work settlements, 6 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 Cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[4], 71 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Lukoyanovsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	2 Urban settlements, 6 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	22639000
Website	http://lukojanov.omsu-nnov.ru

History

The district was established in 1929.[1]

Notable residents

• Nikolay Urvantsev (1893–1985), Soviet geologist and explorer, born in Lukoyanov
• Valery Taliev (1872–1932), botanist and evolutionary biologist, born in Lukoyanov

References

Notes

Sources

• Государственно-правовой департамент Нижегородской области. Приказ №3-од от 27 января 2016 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных образований, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Нижегородской области». Опубликован: "Нижегородская правда", №27(26048) (начало) и №30 (26051) (окончание), 19 и 26 марта 2016 г. (State Legal Department of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Order #3-od of January 27, 2016 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations, Urban and Rural Localities of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. ).
• Правительство Нижегородской области. Постановление №670 от 11 сентября 2009 г. «О перечне муниципальных образований Нижегородской области», в ред. Постановления №587 от 29 августа 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в перечень муниципальных образований Нижегородской области, утверждённый Постановлением Правительства Нижегородской области от 11 сентября 2009 г. №670». Опубликован: "Нижегородские новости", №177(4309), 1 октября 2009 г. (Government of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Resolution #670 of September 11, 2009 On the Registry of the Municipal Formations of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #587 of August 29, 2004 On Amending the Registry of the Municipal Formations of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Adopted by Resolution #670 of the Government of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of September 11, 2009. ).

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[ru] Лукояновский район