Krasnoslobodsky District (russian: Краснослобо́дский райо́н; mdf, Ошень аймак, ''Ošeń ajmak''; myv, Якстерекуро буе, ''Jaksterekuro buje'') is an administrative
[Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63] and municipal
[Law #125-Z] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), 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 ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Krasnoslobodsk.
[Law #7-Z] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,406, with the population of Krasnoslobodsk accounting for 38.4% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Krasnoslobodsky District is one of the
twenty-two in the republic.
It is divided into one
town of district significance
Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...
(
Krasnoslobodsk) and sixteen
selsoviets, all of which comprise seventy
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Krasnoslobodsky Municipal District.
The town of district significance of Krasnoslobodsk is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the sixteen selsoviets are incorporated into sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The town of Krasnoslobodsk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
Notable residents
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Alexander Palm (1822–1885), poet, novelist and playwright born in Krasnoslobodsk
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Vladimir Volkov (born 1954), politician born in Novoye Arakcheyevo
References
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Districts of Mordovia