Volkhov district

The district is located in the central part of the Leningrad region. The area of ​​the district is 5124.4 km².

The distance from the administrative center of the district to St. Petersburg is 135 km ^[3] .

Borders:

• in the northeast - with the Lodeinopolsky municipal district ;
• in the southeast - with the Tikhvin municipal district ;
• in the south - with the Kirishi municipal district ;
• in the west - with the Kirov municipal district .

In the north, the area is washed by the waters of Lake Ladoga .

The Volkhov , Syas and Pasha rivers flow through the district.

On August 1, 1927, during the reform of the administrative-territorial division, the Volkhov district was formed with its center in the river. Zvanka as part of the Leningrad district of the Leningrad region . It included part of the territory of the abolished Volkhov district of the Leningrad province . Initially, the district consisted of 4 volosts (Kolchanovskaya, Oktyabrskaya, Proletarskaya, Shumskaya), divided into 53 village councils.

In 1930, in connection with the liquidation of the districts, the district entered directly into the Leningrad Region .

September 19, 1939 the city of regional subordination assigned the city of Volkhovstroy .

On March 20, 1946, the Novoladozhsky District was formed, which included the eastern part of the Volkhov District, located east of the Volkhov River .

On February 1, 1963, the territory of the abolished Kirishi and Novoladozhsky districts became part of the district.

On January 12, 1965, the Kirishi district was restored.

By the decision of the Leningrad Executive Committee of October 23, 1974, the Domozhirovsky Village Council was transferred from the Volkhovsky District to the Lodeynopolsky District ^[4] .

In April 1977, part of the territory of the district was transferred to the newly formed Kirovsky district .

On January 1, 2006, the district received the status of a municipal district , urban and rural settlements were formed as part of the district, the city of Volkhov became part of the district as an urban settlement .

The Volkhov municipal district as an administrative-territorial unit is divided into 15 settlements ^[22] , as a municipal formation it includes 15 lower-level municipalities , including 3 urban settlements and 12 rural settlements ^[23] .

Settlements

There are 280 settlements in the Volkhov district.

Упразднённые населённые пункты

28 декабря 2004 года в связи с отсутствием жителей были упразднены посёлки при станциях Теребочево и Иевково, а также деревни Лукина Изба и Химучасток Волховского района ^[27] .

10 июля 2007 года в Законодательном собрании Ленинградской области рассматривался вопрос об упразднении населённого пункта Каменка Волховского района в связи с отсутствием там населения, но законопроект был отклонён.

Упразднена деревня Вихмязь .