Kolomensky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Lukhovitsky, Ozyorsky, Stupinsky, Voskresensky, and with Yegoryevsky Districts and the territory of the City of Kolomna. The area of the district is 1112.28 km2. Its administrative center is the city of Kolomna (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 40,780 (2002 Census);

Geography

Main rivers flowing through the district are the Oka and the Moskva. They are relatively clean.

History

The district was established in 1929.

Governance

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kolomensky District is one of the thirty-six in the oblast. The city of Kolomna serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kolomensky Municipal District. Kolomna City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Kolomna Urban Okrug.

Local government

The key governing bodies of the district are the District Administration and the Council of Deputies. The head of the district is Andrei Valeryevich Vaulin (elected in 2014). He also heads the Council of Deputies. The Council of Deputies includes 19 deputies. The head of the District Administration is Alexey Dmitriyevich Popov, appointed by decision of the Council of Deputies on 6 March 2015.

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