Ardatovsky District (Russian: Арда́товский райо́н; Erzya: ОрданьбуеOrdańbuje; Moksha: Ардатовань аймак, Ardatovań ajmak) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 1,192.5 square kilometers (460.4 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Ardatov.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 29,446, with the population of Ardatov accounting for 31.9% of that number.[4]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ardatovsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic.[1] It is divided into one town of district significance (Ardatov), one work settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the work settlement (inhabited locality) of Turgenevo), and twenty-one selsoviets, all of which comprise fifty-four rural localities.[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ardatovsky Municipal District.[6] The town of district significance of Ardatov and Turgenevo Work Settlement are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the twenty-one selsoviets are incorporated into twenty-one rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The town of Ardatov serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[6] district.
^The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
^Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
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Конституционное собрание Республики Мордовия. 21 сентября 1995 г. «Конституция Республики Мордовия (текст в ред. от 15 марта 2011 г.)», в ред. Закона №62-З от 3 сентября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 71 и 94 Конституции Республики Мордовия». Вступил в силу 22 сентября 1995 г. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №180, 22 сентября 1995 г. (Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. September 21, 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia (text of rev. of March 15, 2011), as amended by the Law #62-Z of September 3, 2015 On Amending Articles 71 and 94 of the Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia. Effective as of September 22, 1995.).
Государственное Собрание Республики Мордовия. Закон №7-З от 23 марта 1998 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Мордовия», в ред. Закона №44-З от 15 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в пункт 25 Приложения к Закону Республики Мордовия "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Мордовия"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №54, 25 марта 1998 г. (State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. Law #7-Z of March 23, 1998 On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Mordovia, as amended by the Law #44-Z of June 15, 2015 On Amending Item 25 of the Appendix to the Law of the Republic of Mordovia "On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Mordovia". Effective as of the official publication date.).
Государственное Собрание Республики Мордовия. Закон №115-З от 28 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Ардатовского муниципального района, Ардатовского муниципального района и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, городского поселения и муниципального района», в ред. Закона №36-З от 26 мая 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Приложения 29 и 30 Закона Республики Мордовия "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Ардатовского муниципального района, Ардатовского муниципального района и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, городского поселения и муниципального района"». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №198-22, 30 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. Law #115-Z of December 28, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Ardatovsky Municipal District, of Ardatovsky Municipal District, and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, and Municipal District, as amended by the Law #36-Z of May 26, 2014 On Amending Appendices 29 and 30 of the Law of the Republic of Mordovia "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Ardatovsky Municipal District, of Ardatovsky Municipal District, and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, and Municipal District". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the day of the official publication.).