Gryazovetsky District
| Gryazovetsky District Грязовецкий район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Gryazovetsky District in Vologda Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 58°53′N 40°15′E / 58.883°N 40.250°ECoordinates: 58°53′N 40°15′E / 58.883°N 40.250°E | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2012) | |
| Administrative center | town of Gryazovets |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Towns of district significance | 1 |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Selsoviets | 16 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 511 |
| Municipal structure (as of March 2013) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Gryazovetsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 2 |
| Rural settlements | 5 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,030 km2 (1,940 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 36,820 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 59.5% |
| • Rural | 40.5% |
| Density | 7.32/km2 (19.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
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Gryazovetsky District (Russian: Гря́зовецкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Mezhdurechensky District in the north, Soligalichsky and Buysky Districts of Kostroma Oblast in the east, Lyubimsky and Pervomaysky Districts of Yaroslavl Oblast in the south, Poshekhonsky District, also of Yaroslavl Oblast, in the southeast, and with Vologodsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 5,030 square kilometers (1,940 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Gryazovets. Population: 36,820 (2010 Census); 41,644 (2002 Census);47,136 (1989 Census). The population of Gryazovets accounts for 42.2% of the district's total population.
The district occupies the southern corner of Vologda Oblast. Most of the district's territory lies on the Gryazovets Plateau, which is cut through by rivers and is of glacial origin. The plateau lies on the divide between the drainage basins of the Sukhona and Volga Rivers, and thus on the divide between the basins of the Arctic Ocean and the Caspian Sea. The southern part of the district lies in the basin of the Obnora River, a tributary of the Kostroma River. Some areas in the southeast of the district are in the basin of various tributaries of the Kostroma as well. The geographical center of the district is situated in the basin of the Lezha River, a right tributary of the Sukhona, which has its source in Kostroma Oblast and crosses the district from south to north, forming its largest waterway. The biggest lake in the district, Lake Nikolskoye, is a source of the Komela River, a left tributary of the Lezha. Minor areas in the east of the district belong to the basins of the tributaries of the Sukhona, and minor areas in the northwest of the district are in the basin of the Vologda River, a right tributary of the Sukhona.
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