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Chkalovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Field	Value
en_name	Chkalovsky District
ru_name	Чкаловский район
image_map
map_caption	Location of Chkalovsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
image_view	Chkalovsk Palace of Culture named Valery Chkalov 2011.jpg
image_caption	Valery Chkalov Palace of Culture in Chkalovsk, Chkalovsky District
coordinates
image_coa	Chkalovsk (Vasilyovo) COA (2013).gif
federal_subject	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
federal_subject_ref
adm_ctr_name	Chkalovsk
adm_ctr_ref
town_of_district_significance_type	Towns of district significance
no_of_towns_of_district_significance	1
selsoviet_type1	Selsoviets
no_of_selsoviets_type1	8
no_of_cities_towns	1
no_of_rural_localities	228
counts_ref
mun_formation1	Chkalovsky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements	1
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements	8
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km2	861.5
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census	21963
urban_pop_2010census	63.5%
rural_pop_2010census	36.5%
pop_2010census_ref
established_date	1936
established_date_ref
abolished_date	May 24, 2015
abolished_date_ref

Chkalovsky District () was an administrative and municipal district (raion) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It was located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district was 861.5 km2. Its administrative center was the town of Chkalovsk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 21,963, with the population of Chkalovsk accounting for 56.3% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1936 as Vasilyevsky District (Васильевский район), but was renamed in 1937 in honor of Valery Chkalov. Per Law #67-Z of May 13, 2015, the district was transformed into a town of oblast significance of Chkalovsk. In a similar manner, Law #59-Z of May 8, 2015 abolished Chkalovsky Municipal District and transformed it into Chkalovsk Urban Okrug.

Administrative and municipal divisions

As of May 2015, the district was administratively divided into 1 town of district significance (Chkalovsk) and 8 selsoviets (comprising 228 rural localities). Municipally, Chkalovsky Municipal District was divided into one urban settlement and eight rural settlements.

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{{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
{{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
{{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
Order #3-od; revision prior to May 22, 2015
Resolution #670; revision as of August 28, 2014
{{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
Law #67-Z
Law #59-Z

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