Puchezhsky District (russian: Пу́чежский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (

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), one of the twenty-one in

Ivanovo Oblast Ivanovo Oblast (russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, ''Ivanovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the 2021 Russian Census. Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the ...

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.Law #145-OZ It is located in the east of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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of Puchezh. Population: 17,490 ( 2002 Census); The population of Puchezh accounts for 62.2% of the district's total population.

Administrative and municipal status

The town of Puchezh serves as the

of the district. Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ ''On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast'' in December 2010, it was administratively incorporated separately from the district. Municipally, Puchezh is incorporated within Puchezhsky Municipal District as Puchezhskoye Urban Settlement.Law #49-OZ

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* * {{Authority control Districts of Ivanovo Oblast __NOTOC__