Total area: 5.700 sq km

Location: in the northern corner of the Vologda Oblast

Border regions: the district of Kirillov in the west, the districts of Verkhovazh'ye and Syamzha to the east, the districts of Ust'-Kubinskoye and Kharovsk in the south and the Arkhangelsk Oblast to the north

Administrative centre: Vozhega

Administrative division: 15 administrative areas

Total population: 18.975

District centre population: 6.846

Foundation: 1932

Distance from Vologda: 170 km

Railway station: +

Main branches of industry: timber, cattle breeding

Renowned residents: writers A.Terasov and Y.Pilyar, colonel-general V.Korobushin

City code: 81744 - for trunk, international calls and for calls within the oblast

Information service: 21594

Address of the district administration: ul. Sadovaya 15, 162160 Vozhega, Vologda Oblast, Russia

Head of the district administration: Sergey Semennikov, Tel.: 21180, Fax: 21436

• Map of the district