Balakhninsky District
municipal district in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Balakhninsky District (Russian: Балахни́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Balakhninsky Municipal District. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 958.2 square kilometers (370.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Balakhna. Population: 77,598 (2010 Census); 26,345 (2002 census); 60,487 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Balakhna accounts for 66.4% of the district's total population.
History
The district was established in 1929.
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Государственно-правовой департамент Нижегородской области. Приказ №3-од от 27 января 2016 г.
The public source identifies “Balakhninsky District” as municipal district in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Balakhninsky, District and municipal.
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