Segezhsky District (russian: Сеге́жский райо́н; krl, Segežan piiri) is an administrative 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
fifteen in the
Republic of Karelia,
Russia
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.
[Constitution of the Republic of Karelia] It is located in the east 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
Segezha
Segezha (russian: Сеге́жа; krl, Segeža; fi, Sekehe) is a town and the administrative center of Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located north of Petrozavodsk on the Segezha River and on the western shore of La ...
.
[Law #871-ZRK] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 41,215, with the population of Segezha accounting for 71.9% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Segezhsky District is one of the
fifteen in the
Republic of Karelia and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (
Segezha
Segezha (russian: Сеге́жа; krl, Segeža; fi, Sekehe) is a town and the administrative center of Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located north of Petrozavodsk on the Segezha River and on the western shore of La ...
), one
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
(
Nadvoitsy
Nadvoitsy (russian: Надво́ицы; krl, Vojačču; fi, Vojatsu) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Vygozero, north of Petrozavodsk, th ...
), and thirty-four
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Segezhsky Municipal District.
[Law #825-ZRK] The town, the urban-type settlement, and six rural localities are incorporated into two urban settlements, while the remaining twenty-eight rural localities are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.
[Law #813-ZRK] The town of Segezha serves as the
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 ...
of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
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Districts of the Republic of Karelia
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