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Gavrilovo Posadsky District

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Coat of arms
  
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Federal subject
  
Ivanovo Oblast

Cities/towns
  
1

Area
  
960 km²

Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
town of Gavrilov Posad

Urban-type settlements
  
1

Gavrilovo-Posadsky District

Gavrilovo-Posadsky District (Russian: Гаври́лово-Поса́дский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 960 square kilometers (370 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Gavrilov Posad. Population: 17,591 (2010 Census); 20,430 (2002 Census); 23,334 (1989 Census). The population of Gavrilov Posad accounts for 36.6% of the district's total population.

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Map of Gavrilovo-Posadsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

Administrative and municipal status

The town of Gavrilov Posad serves as the administrative center of the district. Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast in December 2010, it was administratively incorporated separately from the district. Municipally, Gavrilov Posad is incorporated within Gavrilovo-Posadsky Municipal District as Gavrilovo-Posadskoye Urban Settlement.

References

Gavrilovo-Posadsky District Wikipedia