Vesyegonsky District
| Vesyegonsky District Весьегонский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Vesyegonsky District in Tver Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 58°39′N 37°16′E / 58.650°N 37.267°ECoordinates: 58°39′N 37°16′E / 58.650°N 37.267°E | |
 Ovinishchi–Vesyegonsk railway in Vesyegonsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of 2012) | |
| Administrative center | town of Vesyegonsk |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 7 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Rural localities | 263 |
| Municipal structure (as of June 2006) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Vesyegonsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 7 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,047 km2 (790 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 13,481 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 54.4% |
| • Rural | 45.6% |
| Density | 6.59/km2 (17.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Vesyegonsky District (Russian: Весьего́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Cherepovetsky District of Vologda Oblast in the northeast, Breytovsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the southeast, Krasnokholmsky District in the south, Molokovsky District in the southwest, Sandovsky District in the west, and with Ustyuzhensky District of Vologda Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,047 square kilometers (790 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Vesyegonsk. Population: 13,481 (2010 Census);16,517 (2002 Census);19,879 (1989 Census). The population of Vesyegonsk accounts for 54.4% of the district's total population.
The whole area of the district is flatland adjacent from the west to the Rybinsk Reservoir, which was filled in the 1940s and submerged the lower course of the Mologa River, a major tributary of the Volga River. The Mologa forms the northeastern border of the district, and rivers in the whole area in the district drain into the Mologa or formerly drained into the Mologa and now drain into the Rybinsk Revservoir. The largest tributaries of the Rybinsk Reservoir within the district are the Renya (with the left tributary, the Zvana), the Kesma, and the Sebla. Much of the area of the district is covered by forest.
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