Plesetsky District

Plesetsky District
Плесецкий район
A rural view in Plesetsky District
Location of Plesetsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coordinates: 62°42′N 40°17′E / 62.700°N 40.283°E / 62.700; 40.283
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast
EstablishedJuly 15, 1929
Administrative centerPlesetsk
Area
  Total
27,500 km2 (10,600 sq mi)
Population
  Total
49,077
  Density1.8/km2 (4.6/sq mi)
  Urban
68.2%
  Rural
31.8%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions4 Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory, 11 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities4 urban-type settlements, 235 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asPlesetsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions4 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements

Plesetsky District (Russian: Плесе́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Plesetsky Municipal District. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Primorsky District in the north, Kholmogorsky District in the northeast, the territories of the town of oblast significance of Mirny and Vinogradovsky District in the east, Shenkursky District in the southeast, Nyandomsky and Kargopolsky Districts in the south, Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the west, and with Onezhsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 27,500 square kilometers (10,600 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Plesetsk. Population: 49,077(2010 Census); 58,257(2002 Census); 83,357(1989 Soviet census). The population of Plesetsk accounts for 22.5% of the district's total population.

The Plesetsk Cosmodrome is located on the territory of the district but is administered by the federal government of Russia.