Sosnovsky District (russian: Сосно́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
forty
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Though the word is related to "four" (4), the spelling "forty" replaced "fourty" in the course of the 17th century and is now the standard form.
In mathematics
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in
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,310,5 ...
,
Russia
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.
[Order #3-od] Municipally, it is incorporated as Sosnovsky Municipal District.
[Resolution #670] It is located in the southwest of the
oblast
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. 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
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Sosnovskoye.
Population: 19,546 (
2010 Census);
The population of Sosnovskoye accounts for 44.7% of the district's total population.
History
The district was established in 1935.
References
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Districts of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
States and territories established in 1935
1935 establishments in Russia
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