Rural localities 160 | Settlements 4 Area 1,140 km² | |
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Coat of arms of the Town of Nerekhta and Nerekhtsky District Flag of the Town of Nerekhta and Nerekhtsky District | ||
Nerekhtsky District (Russian: Не́рехтский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,140 square kilometers (440 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Nerekhta (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 11,416 (2010 Census); 13,447 (2002 Census); 15,393 (1989 Census).
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Map of Nerekhtsky District, Kostromskaya Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nerekhtsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast. The town of Nerekhta serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nerekhtsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Nerekhta being incorporated within it as Nerekhta Urban Settlement.