Nizhny Novgorod Region is divided into 52 municipal entities at the district level, including urban okrugs, municipal districts, and municipal okrugs. The total population of the Region is 3,183,615.

Composition and Largest Units

The most populous unit is the urban okrug of Nizhny Novgorod (area 410.68 km², population 1,263,560), followed by the urban okrug of Dzerzhinsk (421.53 km², 237,060) and Kstovsky Municipal District (1,226.64 km², 125,369). The five largest by population also include the urban okrug of Bor (3,584.28 km², 117,326) and the urban okrug of Arzamas (41.74 km², 103,396).

The largest by area are Semyonov Urban Okrug (3,877.38 km²), the urban okrug of Bor (3,584.28 km²), and Voskresensky Municipal District (3,554.5 km²). The smallest by territory are Bolshemurashkinsky (658.64 km²), Spassky (706.55 km²), and Vadsky (742.7 km²) Municipal Districts.

Complete List of Districts and Okrugs

According to the register of municipal entities, the Region comprises the following units (in descending order of population):

  • Urban okrug — city of Nizhny Novgorod (1,263,560 people, 410.68 km²)
  • Urban okrug — city of Dzerzhinsk (237,060 people, 421.53 km²)
  • Kstovsky Municipal District (125,369 people, 1,226.64 km²)
  • Urban okrug — city of Bor (117,326 people, 3,584.28 km²)
  • Urban okrug — city of Arzamas (103,396 people, 41.74 km²)
  • Urban okrug — city of Sarov (96,479 people, 232 km²)
  • Pavlovsky Municipal Okrug (91,459 people, 1,097.11 km²)
  • Gorodetsky Municipal District (85,620 people, 1,482.72 km²)
  • Urban okrug — city of Vyksa (81,614 people, 1,865.64 km²)
  • Balakhninsky Municipal Okrug (75,057 people, 896.59 km²)
  • Bogorodsky District (58,375 people, 1,459 km²)
  • Volodarsky Municipal District (57,962 people, 1,049.65 km²)
  • Urban okrug — city of Kulebaki (46,768 people, 922.39 km²)
  • Urban okrug — Semyonovsky (46,215 people, 3,877.38 km²)
  • Arzamassky Municipal District (39,493 people, 2,010.84 km²)
  • Lyskovsky Municipal Okrug (37,407 people, 2,134.02 km²)
  • Urban okrug — city of Shakhunya (34,454 people, 2,588.25 km²)
  • Lukoyanovsky Municipal District (28,593 people, 1,890.69 km²)
  • Urensky Municipal Okrug (28,055 people, 2,104.29 km²)
  • Pochinkovsky Municipal Okrug (27,616 people, 1,960.59 km²)
  • Sergachsky Municipal District (27,489 people, 1,243.76 km²)
  • Shatkovsky Municipal District (22,829 people, 1,440.72 km²)
  • Ardatovsky Municipal District (22,218 people, 1,887.63 km²)
  • Urban okrug — Navashinsky (21,598 people, 1,277.48 km²)
  • Krasnobakovsky Municipal District (21,258 people, 1,757.82 km²)
  • Dalnekonstantinovsky Municipal District (20,352 people, 1,377.09 km²)
  • Urban okrug — city of Chkalovsk (19,170 people, 861.52 km²)
  • Voskresensky Municipal District (19,043 people, 3,554.5 km²)
  • Pilninsky Municipal District (19,033 people, 1,312.94 km²)
  • Tonshaevsky Municipal Okrug (18,274 people, 2,353.1 km²)
  • Kovernonsky Municipal Okrug (18,176 people, 2,339.78 km²)
  • Urban okrug — city of Pervomaysk (17,704 people, 1,227.32 km²)
  • Sosnovsky Municipal District (17,641 people, 1,170.56 km²)
  • Urban okrug — Vorotynsky (17,275 people, 1,935.81 km²)
  • Vachsky Municipal District (16,832 people, 979.49 km²)
  • Urban okrug Perevozsky (15,455 people, 769.15 km²)
  • Diveevsky Municipal Okrug (14,959 people, 844.85 km²)
  • Voznesensky Municipal District (14,610 people, 1,302.92 km²)
  • Vetluzhsky Municipal District (14,058 people, 2,992.37 km²)
  • Vadsky Municipal Okrug (13,911 people, 742.7 km²)
  • Sechenovsky Municipal District (13,768 people, 991.04 km²)
  • Buturlinsky Municipal Okrug (13,103 people, 1,105.2 km²)
  • Urban okrug — Sokolsky (12,624 people, 1,981.44 km²)
  • Varnavinsky Municipal District (11,669 people, 2,523.36 km²)
  • Sharangsky Municipal District (11,434 people, 1,595.76 km²)
  • Knyagininsky Municipal District (11,168 people, 769.92 km²)
  • Bolsheboldinsky Municipal District (10,590 people, 866.47 km²)
  • Gaginsky Municipal District (10,487 people, 1,064.18 km²)
  • Krasnooktyabrsky Municipal District (9,228 people, 886.17 km²)
  • Bolshemurashkinsky Municipal District (9,214 people, 658.64 km²)
  • Spassky Municipal District (9,029 people, 706.55 km²)
  • Tonkinsky Municipal District (7,538 people, 1,018.48 km²)

Migration Burden by District

In a report to deputies of the Regional Legislative Assembly, Igor Pantyukhin, Minister of Demography and Human Capital Development of Nizhny Novgorod Region, identified a number of "migration-problem" districts of the Region. As of 2025, about 600 citizens of India lived in the Region; a year earlier there had been about 300.

Distribution of COVID-19 Cases in 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, incidence varied significantly across districts. As of April 21, 2020, confirmed cases had been recorded in 37 districts and urban okrugs, with more than 67% of all cases occurring in Nizhny Novgorod. According to data as of April 22, 2020, no cases of infection had been identified in 15 districts: Varnavinsky, Vorotynsky, Voznesensky, Sokolsky, Buturlinsky, Sosnovsky, Spassky, Voskresensky, Vetluzhsky, Gaginsky, Diveevsky, Knyagininsky, Sechenovsky, Koverninsky, and Pochinkovsky.[1]

By May 14, 2020, among the districts of the Region (excluding Nizhny Novgorod), Pavlovsky District was the leader in the number of cases (498), followed by Diveevsky (391), Kulebaksky (215), Bogorodsky (170), and Pochinkovsky (154). The only district in which no case of COVID-19 had been confirmed by that date remained Knyagininsky.

Sources

  1. geoadm.com — Districts of Nizhny Novgorod Region, complete list