Coat of arms Flag Federal subject Kostroma Oblast Settlements 13 Area 2,032 km² | Country Russia Administrative center city of Kostroma Rural localities 279 Founded 1928 | |
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Kostromskoy District (Russian: Костромско́й райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,040 square kilometers (790 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 44,524 (2010 Census); 43,904 (2002 Census); 49,442 (1989 Census).
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Map of Kostromskoy District, Kostromskaya Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kostromskoy District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast. The city of Kostroma serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kostromskoy Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Kostroma is incorporated separately from the district as Kostroma Urban Okrug.