Gavrilovo-Posadsky District
Гаврилово-Посадский район | |
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Coordinates: 56°34′N 40°07′E / 56.567°N 40.117°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Ivanovo Oblast[1] |
Administrative center | Gavrilov Posad[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 960 km2 (370 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 17,591 |
• Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
• Urban | 51.1% |
• Rural | 48.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[4] | 1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[5], 85 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Gavrilovo-Posadsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 2 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 24603000 |
Website | http://www.adm-gavrilovposad.ru/ |
Gavrilovo-Posadsky District (Russian: Гаври́лово-Поса́дский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 960 square kilometers (370 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Gavrilov Posad.[1] Population: 12,669 (2021 Census);[8] 17,591 (2010 Russian census);[3] 20,430 (2002 Census);[9] 23,334 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Gavrilov Posad accounts for 42.9% of the district's total population.[3]
The town of Gavrilov Posad serves as the administrative center of the district.[1] 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.[6]