Arzamassky District


Arzamassky District is an administrative district, one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District. It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the city of Arzamas. Population: 43,723 ;

History

The district was established in 1929.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Arzamassky District is one of the forty in the oblast. The city of Arzamas serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Arzamassky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Arzamas is incorporated separately from the district as Arzamas Urban Okrug.

Transportation

A narrow gauge railway serving the Peshelan gypsum mine is located in the village of Bebyayevo.