Bratsky District () is an administrative district, one of the
thirty-three in
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara River, Angara, Lena River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is ...
,
Russia
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.
[Charter of Irkutsk Oblast] Municipally, it is incorporated as Bratsky Municipal District.
[Law #76-oz] It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
city
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of
Bratsk
Bratsk (, ; ) is a Types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara, Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. It had population of .
Etymology
The name of the city, which is from the same ro ...
[Law #49-OZ] (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 65,240 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Bratsky District is one of the
thirty-three in the oblast.
The city of
Bratsk
Bratsk (, ; ) is a Types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara, Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. It had population of .
Etymology
The name of the city, which is from the same ro ...
serves as its
administrative center
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
,
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 Bratsky Municipal District.
The City of Bratsk is incorporated separately from the district as Bratsk Urban Okrug.
[Law #66-oz]
References
Notes
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Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast'
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Districts of Irkutsk Oblast
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