Falyonsky District () is an administrative
[Law #203-ZO] and municipal
[Law #284-ZO] district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-nine
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in
Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast ( rus, Кировская область, p=ˈkʲirəfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. As of the 2010 census, the population ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the east of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
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) of
Falyonki.
Population: 14,713 (
2002 Census);
The population of Falyonki accounts for 47.2% of the district's total population.
History
The district was established on 10 June 1929 by a decree of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (
VTsIK
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) of the
RSFSR
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, as part of the Vyatka Okrug within the Nizhny Novgorod Krai. Since 1934, the district was part of Kirov Krai, and from 1936 onward, part of Kirov Oblast.
In 1956, the territory of the abolished Belsky District was incorporated into the district. From 1959 to 1965, the district also included the territory of the
Uninsky District.
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Districts of Kirov Oblast
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