Administrative centre: settlement of Babushkino
Total area: 7.800 sq km
Total population: 14.984
Distance from Vologda: 249 km
Railway station: the nearest railway station is in Vologda, 249 km away from the settlement
Administrative division: 15 administrative areas
Main branches of industry: timber and agriculture
Renowned residents: pilot cosmonaut Pavel Belyayev who flew on the historic Voskhod-2 mission, the Soviet spacecraft that was orbiting the planet on March 18-19, 1965.
Attractions: sanatorium Ledengsk (spa treatment based on the curative properties of the local salt springs)
Places of interest: Ledengsk salt-work (the locals found salt deposits in the 14th century)
City code: 81745 - for trunk, international calls and calls within the oblast
Information service: 21222
Address of the district administration: pl. Imeni Babushkina 54, 161330 settlement named after Babushkin, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Alexander Sekushin, Tel.: 21440, Fax: 21445
