Shumerlinsky District (russian: Шу́мерлинский райо́н; cv, Çĕмĕрле районӗ, ''Śĕmĕrle rayonĕ'') is an administrative
[Law #28] and municipal
[Law #37] 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-one in the
Chuvash Republic
Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuv ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with
Alikovsky and
Krasnochetaysky District
Krasnochetaysky District (russian: Красночета́йский райо́н; cv, Хĕрлĕ Чутай районӗ, ''Hĕrlĕ Çutay rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the ...
s in the north,
Vurnarsky District
Vurnarsky District (russian: Вурна́рский райо́н; cv, Вăрнар районӗ, ''Vărnar rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is ...
in the east,
Ibresinsky and
Poretsky District
Poretsky District (russian: Поре́цкий район; cv, Пăрачкав районӗ, ''Păraçkav rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is ...
s in the south, and with
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localiti ...
on the
Sura River
The Sura (russian: Сура́, cv, Сăр, ''Săr'') is a river in Russia, a north-flowing right tributary of the Volga. Its mouth on the Volga is about half way between Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. It flows through Penza Oblast, Mordovia, Ulyano ...
in the west. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Shumerlya
Shumerlya (russian: Шу́мерля; cv, Çĕмĕрле, ''Śĕmĕrle'') is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway. Population: 35,000 (1974).
History
F ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 13,298 (
2002 Census);
History
The district was formed on January 9, 1935.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlinsky District is one of the
twenty-one in the republic.
The town of
Shumerlya
Shumerlya (russian: Шу́мерля; cv, Çĕмĕрле, ''Śĕmĕrle'') is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway. Population: 35,000 (1974).
History
F ...
serves as 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
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
, despite being incorporated separately as a
town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shumerlinsky Municipal District.
The town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated separately from the district as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.
Notable residents
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Valery Yardy
Valery Nikolayevich Yardy (russian: Валерий Николаевич Ярды, 18 January 1948 – 1 August 1994) was a Russian road cyclist who competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. In 1968 he placed 17th individually and ninth with the ...
(1948–1994), Olympic road cyclist
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Chuvashia