Total area: 2.400 sq km
Total population: 15.626
Administrative centre: settlement of Chagoda
Administrative division: 7 administrative areas
District centre population: 7.432
Foundation: 1926
Distance from Vologda: 319 km
Transportation routes: highway Vologda-Novaya Ladoga, a railway station in Chagoda
Climate: temperate continental with long winters, short warm summers
Inland waters: numerous rivers, more than 20 lakes
Flora and fauna: many species of fish - pike, perch, bream, ide and others; species of birds - wood grouse, hazel grouse, black grouse, willow grouse, wild duck; mammals - bear, wolf, fox, elk, wild boar, marten, lynx, polecat and others. The plant life map looks quite mixed. Woods occupy 63,9 % of the district's territory.
Natural resources: limestone, brick earth, carbonate rock, peat and rubble
Main branches of industry: glass industry, forage growing, food industry
Social infrastructure: 12 schools, 14 day-care centres, a vocational school, a children's home, libraries, clubs, a museum of local lore
City code: 81741- for trunk, international calls and for calls within the oblast
Information service: 21500
Address of the district administration: ul.Stekolshchtikov 3, 162400 Chagoda, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Igor Yablokov, Tel.: 21294, Fax: 21401
