Kovdorsky district is an administrative-territorial unit ( district ) [4] and a municipality with the status of an urban district in the Murmansk region of Russia [5] .
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| Kovdor district | |||||
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| A country | Russia | ||||
| Included in | Murmansk region | ||||
| Includes | 6 settlements | ||||
| Adm. Centre | Kovdor city | ||||
| The head of administration | Somov Sergey Borisovich | ||||
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| Square | 4,066 km² (6th place ) | ||||
| Timezone | MSK ( UTC + 3 ) | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | ↘ 18 609 [3] people ( 2018 ) ( 10th place ) | ||||
| Density | 4.58 people / km² (14th place) | ||||
| Official language | Russian | ||||
| OKTMO | 47,703,000 | ||||
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The administrative center is the city of Kovdor .
Content
Geography
Area 4,066 km².
History
Active development of the area began in the 1930s , when reserves of muscovite were found in the Yona village area.
In 1933, large deposits of iron ore were found in the modern city of Kovdor.
Since 1953, the construction of the Kovdor Mining and Processing Plant began .
In 1956, the working village of Kovdor was transformed into an urban-type village , and in 1965 received the status of a city.
In 1979, the Kovdor district was formed, which included the Yonsky rural territorial district.
Population
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The maximum population of the region reached in the late 1980s - early 1990s (in the region of 35 thousand people).
- Urbanization
In urban conditions (the city of Kovdor ), 89.33% of the population of the district live.
The composition of the urban district
The urban district includes 6 settlements:
| No. | Locality | Type of settlement | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | Yona | village | ↘ 314 [9] |
| 2 | Jensky | locality | ↘ 1534 [9] |
| 3 | Kovdor | city, administrative center | ↘ 16 623 [3] |
| four | Kurapta | locality | ↘ 90 [9] |
| five | Lapi | locality | ↘ 346 [9] |
| 6 | Ricolatva | locality | ↘ 193 [9] |
- Abolished settlements
On October 26, 2007, the settlement of Slyda was abolished [17] .
Local government
- Heads of Administration
- Sergey Borisovich Somov - head of the Kovdor district
- Chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Kovdor District
- Alexander Ivanovich Filipishin
Administrative Division
5 rural settlements form the Yonsky rural territorial district [18] .
Economics
The largest enterprise in the region is the Kovdor Mining and Processing Plant . There are several small logging enterprises. The sphere of trade and services is developed. There are branches of Sberbank, MDM Bank. North-developed agriculture (Leypi, Yonsky, etc.)
The Kovdorslyuda enterprise is operating, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. [nineteen]
Transport
A highway (98 km long) connecting the city of Kovdor with the federal highway M18 St. Petersburg - Murmansk (connection in the area of the Pirenga river, 25 km north of the city of Polyarnye Zori ), as well as the railway line of the suburban Kovdor - Kandalaksha (Now It does not work)
Direct bus service with Apatity, Kandalaksha, Kirov, Monchegorsk, Murmansk, Olenegorsk, Polar Zory was organized.
Tourism
The hotel "Comfort" is operating, near the city parking lot. Modern ski resort "VARS".
Culture
In Kovdor, the city Palace of Culture is located, in the village of Yonsky - the rural House of Culture. District Kovdor Museum of Local Lore, Center for Children's Creativity, Children's Art School in Kovdor, music schools in the city and in Jensky.
The central library system of the district includes three libraries in the city (one of them is a children's library) and one in the village of Yonskoye.
The memory mark "Yak 9D Aircraft" , established in 1986 in memory of the defending pilots of the Soviet Arctic
The memorial complex "Defenders of the Soviet Arctic" , the first slab of which was installed in 1974
Bibliography
- Ashitkov S.R. Builders of the ore Kovdor. - M .: Nedra, 1981.
Notes
- ↑ from the point of view of the administrative-territorial structure
- ↑ from the point of view of the municipal structure
- ↑ 1 2 3 The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2018 . Date of treatment July 25, 2018. Archived July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Law of the Murmansk Region of January 6, 1998 N 96-01-ЗМО “On the administrative-territorial structure of the Murmansk Region” (as amended on 12/24/2015)
- ↑ Charter of the municipality
- ↑ All-Union Population Census of 1989 . Archived August 23, 2011.
- ↑ 2002 All-Russian Population Census. Tom. 1, table 4. The population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, regions, urban settlements, rural settlements - district centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more . Archived February 3, 2012.
- ↑ The number of permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban-type settlements and regions as of January 1, 2009 . Date of treatment January 2, 2014. Archived January 2, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 All-Russian Population Census 2010. Volume 1 "The number, location and age and sex composition of the population of the Murmansk region" . Date of treatment February 2, 2014. Archived February 2, 2014.
- ↑ Murmansk region. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2009-2015
- ↑ Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012 . Date of treatment May 31, 2014. Archived May 31, 2014.
- ↑ The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service of Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. The population of urban districts, municipalities, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements) . Date of treatment November 16, 2013. Archived November 16, 2013.
- ↑ Table 33. The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014 . Date of treatment August 2, 2014. Archived on August 2, 2014.
- ↑ The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015 . Date of treatment August 6, 2015. Archived on August 6, 2015.
- ↑ Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016
- ↑ The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2017 (July 31, 2017). Date of treatment July 31, 2017. Archived July 31, 2017.
- ↑ Law No. 905-01-ЗМО “On the abolition of certain settlements of the Murmansk region”
- ↑ CHARTER of the Kovdorsky Municipality (inaccessible link)
- ↑ The mica carpet on the verge of closure