Mezensky District
| Mezensky District Мезенский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Mezensky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 64°51′N 44°14′E / 64.850°N 44.233°ECoordinates: 64°51′N 44°14′E / 64.850°N 44.233°E | |
 School in Mezen |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of 2012) | |
| Administrative center | town of Mezen |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Towns of district significance | 1 |
| Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory | 1 |
| Selsoviets | 13 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 52 |
| Municipal structure (as of March 2012) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Mezensky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 2 |
| Rural settlements | 12 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 34,400 km2 (13,300 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 10,330 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 59.6% |
| • Rural | 40.4% |
| Density | 0.3/km2 (0.78/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
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Mezensky District (Russian: Мезе́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Mezensky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the northeast, Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic in the east, Leshukonsky and Pinezhsky Districts in the south, and with Primorsky District in the southwest. From the north, the district borders the White Sea. The area of the district is 34,400 square kilometers (13,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Mezen. Population: 10,330 (2010 Census);13,124 (2002 Census);17,796 (1989 Census). The population of Mezen accounts for 34.6% of the total district's population.
The area was originally populated by the Finno-Ugric peoples and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Komi started moving to the Mezen in the 14th and 15th centuries. First Russian settlements on the Mezen were mentioned in the 16th century. The lower course of the Mezen, the current area of the district, was where Russian culture existed in its original state, not mixing with the Komi culture. The town of Mezen was founded in the 16th century as Okladnikova Sloboda. The area was at the time located on one of the main ways from central Russia to the Pechora River basin and to the Ural Mountains.
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