Insarsky District (russian: Инса́рский райо́н; mdf, Инзаронь аймак, ''Inzaroń ajmak''; myv, Инесаро буе, ''Inesaro buje'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63 and municipalLaw #119-Z district (

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), one of the twenty-two in the

Republic of Mordovia The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

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. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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.Law #7-Z As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 14,098, with the population of Insar accounting for 61.6% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Insarsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic. It is divided into one

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(

) and fifteen

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s, all of which comprise thirty-three rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Insarsky Municipal District. The town of district significance of Insar is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the fifteen selsoviets are incorporated into fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Insar serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Notable residents

Nikolay Merkushkin Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin (russian: Николай Иванович Меркушкин; mdf, Кола Меркушкин; born 5 February 1951) is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Samara Oblast from 2012 to 2017 and as Head of ...

(born 1951 in Novye Verkhissy), former Governor of Samara Oblast, former head of the Republic of Mordovia

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