Administrative divisions of Nizhny Novgorod

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Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod
As of 2014:[1]
# of cities (parts)
(части)
2
# of city districts
(районы)
8
# of municipal settlements
(муниципальные образования—
посёлки)
18
# of micro-districts
(муниципальные образования—
микрорайоны)
17
Districts of Nizhny Novgorod:
Upper City:
Nizhegorodsky
Prioksky
Sovetsky
Lower City:
Avtozavodsky
Kanavinsky
Leninsky
Moskovsky
Sormovsky

The city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, is divided into two parts (Upper City and Lower City), eight districts, which are in turn subdivided into micro-districts, and municipal settlements.

Upper City - historical and cultural part. Located on the right hilly bank of the Oka River. It is divided into three districts.

Lower City - an industrial and commercial area. Located on the left lowland bank of the Oka River. It is divided into five districts.

Upper City[edit]

Nizhegorodsky District[edit]

Name Population[2][3] Photos
Nizhegorodsky District (Нижегородский район) 132,425
The Kremlin
Micro-districts under the district's jurisdiction:
Kremlin (Кремль)
Verkhnie Pechory (Верхние Печёры)
40,000
Usilovsky (Усиловский)
Municipal settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
Verkhny Posad (Верхний посад)
Nizhny Posad (Нижний Посад)
Novaya (Новая)
384
Podnovie (Подновье)
Zelyony Gorod (Зелёный город)
2,469

Prioksky District[edit]

Name Population[2][3] Photos
Prioksky District (Приокский район) 94,956
Micro-districts under the district's jurisdiction:
Myza (Мыза)
Surikovsky (Суриковский)
Scherbinki (Щербинки)
Municipal settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
Aleksandrovskie dachi (Александровские дачи)
Dubyonki (Дубёнки)
Parkovy posyolok (Парковый посёлок)
Olgino (Ольгино)
Stary posyolok (Старый посёлок)
Mordvintsevo (Мордвинцево)
277

Sovetsky District[edit]

Name Population[2][3] Photos
Sovetsky District (Советский район) 148,909
Micro-districts under the district's jurisdiction:
Vysokovo (Высоково)
Kuznechikha (Кузнечиха)
Lapshikha (Лапшиха)
Nagorny (Нагорный)
Tobolskie Kazarmy (Тобольские Казармы)
Zapadny gorodok (Западный городок)
Municipal settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
Kuznechikha village (деревня Кузнечиха)
Novopokrovskoe (Новопокровское)
Prigorodny village (Пригородный посёлок)
Sakharny dol (Сахарный дол)
Sluda (Слуда)

Lower City[edit]

Avtozavodsky District[edit]

Name Population[2][3] Photos
Avtozavodsky District (Автозаводский район) 300,436
Centre of Avtozavodsky city district
Micro-districts under the district's jurisdiction:
6th (6-й)
35 City block (35 квартал)
43 City block (43 квартал)
52 City block (52 квартал)
Voroshilovsky (Ворошиловский)
Monchegorsky (Мончегорский)
Severny (North) (Северный)
Sotsgorod-I (Соцгород-I)
Sotsgorod-II (Соцгород-II)
Yug (South) (Юг)
Yugo-Zapadny (Southwest) (Юго-Западный)
Municipal settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
Gnilitsy (Гнилицы)
Doskino (Доскино)
Nagulino (Нагулино)
Novoye Doskino (Новое Доскино)
Petryaevka (Петряевка)
Strigino (Стригино) with airport

Kanavinsky District[edit]

Name Population[2][3] Photos
Kanavinsky District (Канавинский район) 300,436
Revolution square and the Main Station
Micro-districts under the district's jurisdiction:
Gordeevsky (Гордеевский)
Krasny yakor (Красный якорь)
Lesnoy gorodok (Лесной городок)
Mescherskoe ozero (Мещерское озеро)
Old Kanavino (Старое Канавино)
Old Sortirovka (Старая Сортировка)
Sortirovochny (Сортировочный)
Sedmoe Nebo (Седьмое Небо)
Teplichny (Тепличный)
Yarmarka (Fair) (Ярмарка)
Municipal settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
Beryozovsky (Берёзовский)
Volodarskogo (Володарского)
Юдинцева (Yudintseva)

Leninsky District[edit]

Name Population[2][3] Photos
Leninsky District (Ленинский район) 141,738
Leninsky city district administration
Micro-districts under the district's jurisdiction:
Gvozdilny (Гвоздильный)
Dvigatel' Revolyutsii (Двигатель Революции)
Ippodrom (Ипподром)
Karpovsky (Карповский)
Krasnaya Etna (Красная Этна)
Molitovsky zaton (Молитовский затон)
Molitovsky (Молитовский)
Stankozavod (Станкозавод)
Municipal settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
Instrumental'ny (Инструментальный)
Metallist (Металлист)

Moskovsky District[edit]

Name Population[2][3] Photos
Moskovsky District (Московский район) 123,893
Micro-districts under the district's jurisdiction:
Aviatsionny(Авиационный)
Beryozovsky (Берёзовский)
Burnakovsky (Бурнаковский)
Krasnye zori (Красные зори)
Sormovsky povorot (Сормовский поворот)
Municipal settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
Beryozovaya poyma (Берёзовая пойма)
Kalininsky (Калининский)
Levinka (Левинка)
Ordzhonikidze (Орджоникидзе)
Orlovskie dvoriki (Орловские дворики)

Sormovsky District[edit]

Name Population[2][3] Photos
Sormovsky District (Сормовский район) 166,996
Church of the Transfiguration
Micro-districts under the district's jurisdiction:
5th(5-й)
6th(6-й)
7th (7-й)
Dar'ino (Дарьино)
Kooperativny (Кооперативный)
Novy posyolok (Новый посёлок)
Svetloyarsky (Светлоярский)
Sormovo centre (Центр Сормова)
Municipal settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
Volodarsky (Володарский)
Vysokovo (Высоково)
Dubravny (Дубравный)
Komsomolsky (Комсомольский)
Narodny (Народный)
Pochinki (Починки)
Koposovo (Копосово)
Tsentral'ny (Центральный)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Law #411-68
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h All population figures are as of 2002 Census. Due to administrative changes in 2003–2008, the sum of population counts of municipal entities may not match the districts' totals.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Results of the 2002 Russian Population CensusTerritory, number of districts, inhabited localities, and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine