Location: the south-eastern part of the Vologda Oblast
Geographic coordinates: between 59° 00" N and 59° 40" N, between 44° 30" E and 46° 30" E
Total area: 7,500 sq km
Border regions: district of Babushkino in the west, district of Kichmengsky Gorodok in the north, and the Kostroma Oblast to the south
Administrative divisions: 17 administrative areas
Total population: 26,552 people
Age structure:
0-14 years: 21.2%
able-bodied population: 57.1%
60 years and over: 21.7% (January 1, 2006)
Birth rate: 11.5 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 23.3 deaths/1,000 population
Average age:
34.6 years old (male)
40.4 years old (female)
39.1 years old (rural residents)
34.6 years old (urban residents)
Distance from Moscow: 800 km (via Shar'ya), 950 km (via Vologda)
Distance from St.Petersburg: 1200 km
Terrain: wavy plain divided by the Northern Ridge into the northern and southern parts. The ridges serve as a watershed of two river basins - the Northern Dvina and the Volga.
Inland waters: numerous rivers (all in all 700) that are used for water supply, fishing and tourism. The Yug is the longest water course known on the territory of the district of Nikolsk.
Climate: temperate continental with long winters (average temperature in January is -13.6°C), short warm summers (average temperature in July is +16.9°C). The winter days are short, lasting only six hours or so. Summer days last about 19 hours. The summer, although short, is one of the most prized assets. On the whole the weather is rather changeable due to frequent cyclones and various air masses that permeate into the district.
Plant life: The district of Nikolsk is a vast wooded area with some 87 percent of its total land area covered by coniferous and deciduous forests. The plant life map looks quite mixed.
Fauna: mammals - wild boar, bear, elk, lynx, fox, true otter, marten, wolf, hair, beaver; species of birds - black grouse, wood grouse, hazel grouse; species of fish - pike, bream, eel-pot and others
Protected areas: six natural reserves and a geological preserve with a total area of 25,270 has, a game preserve (20,000 has), fishery zone (156,000 has), hunting ground (307,000 has), cranberry bogs (943 has)
Total area of available housing: 667,800 sq m
The most common building style: timbering owing to the abundant nearby forests
Natural resources: loam, construction sand, marl, peat, dolomite and fresh groundwater
City Code: 81754 - for trunk and international calls; 8-254 - for calls within the oblast
Information Service: 21485
Address of the District Administration: ul. 25 Oktyabrya 3, 161440 Nikolsk, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the District Administration: Vyacheslav Panov, Tel.: 21285, Fax: 22599
