Kotelnichsky District


Kotelnichsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the town of Kotelnich. Population: 20,507 ;

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kotelnichsky District is one of the thirty-nine in the oblast. The town of Kotelnich serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kotelnichsky Municipal District. The Town of Kotelnich is incorporated separately from the district as Kotelnich Urban Okrug.

Economy and transportation

The Otvorskoye and Gorokhovskoye peat railways for hauling peat operate in the district.