Olonetsky District
Olonetsky District is an administrative district, one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the town of Olonets. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,124, with the population of Olonets accounting for 39.2% of that number.Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Olonetsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia and has administrative jurisdiction over one town and sixty-four rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Olonetsky Municipal District. The town of Olonets and eight rural localities are incorporated into an urban settlement, while the remaining fifty-six rural localities are incorporated into eight rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Olonets serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.Demographics
Olonetsky District is the only district in the republic where Karelians form a majority of the population. Natural population growth rate was -12.02 per 1,000 in 1994.
