Total area: 5.200 sq km
Location: the eastern part of the Vologda Oblast
Administrative division: 13 administrative areas
Total population: 15.383
Distance from Vologda: 339 km
Railway station: 88 km off Tarnogsky Gorodok, Kostylevo (Arkhangelsk Oblast)
Climate: temperate continental with long winters (average temperature in January is -13.7°C), short warm summers (average temperature in July is +19.0°C)
Inland waters: 68 rivers that are used for water supply, fishing and tourism, 9 lakes. Baklanovskoye Lake, which is the most picturesque one, is 340 m long with a maximum width of 250 m and a maximum depth of 33 m.
Main branches of industry: timber, cattle breeding and forage growing
The most common building style: timbering owing to the abundant nearby forests
City code: 81748 - for trunk, international calls and for calls within the oblast
Address of the district administration: ul.Sovetskaya 30, 161360 Tarnogsky Gorodok, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Sergei Gusev, Tel.: 21855, Fax: 21968
