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Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District


FieldValue
en_nameOrekhovo-Zuyevsky District
ru_nameОрехово-Зуевский район
image_map
map_captionLocation of Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District in Moscow Oblast (before July 2012)
image_viewTe Deum Lyahovo Guslitsa 8687.jpg
image_captionOld-Rite Russian Orthodox clergy, Lyakhovo, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District
coordinates
federal_subjectMoscow Oblast
federal_subject_ref
adm_ctr_nameOrekhovo-Zuyevo
adm_ctr_ref
town_of_district_significance_typeTowns
no_of_towns_of_district_significance3
selsoviet_type1Rural settlements
no_of_selsoviets_type110
no_of_cities_towns3
no_of_rural_localities174
counts_ref
mun_formation1Orekhovo-Zuyevsky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements3
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements10
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km21821.28
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census121916
urban_pop_2010census53.3%
rural_pop_2010census46.7%
pop_2010census_ref
websitehttp://www.oz-rayon.ru/

Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 1821.28 km2. Its administrative center is the city of Orekhovo-Zuyevo (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 121,916 (2010 Census);

Geography

The landscape of the district is mostly a hilly plain with average altitude of about 130 m above sea level. Climate, flora, and fauna are common for Meshchera Lowlands. Main rivers include the Klyazma River with its tributaries the Vyrka, the Senga, and the Bolshaya Dubna. The district has significant peat reserves.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District is one of the thirty-six in the oblast. The city of Orekhovo-Zuyevo serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Orekhovo-Zuyevsky Municipal District. Orekhovo-Zuyevo City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Orekhovo-Zuyevo Urban Okrug.

Notable people

  • Vasily Arkhipov
  • Cornelius Titov

References

Notes

Sources

References

  1. Resolution #123-PG
  2. Law #11/2013-OZ
  3. Law #67/2005-OZ
  4. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  5. Law #201/2004-OZ
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