Konoshsky District (Russian: Ко́ношский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Konoshsky Municipal District. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Nyandomsky District in the north, Velsky District in the east, Verkhovazhsky, Vozhegodsky, and Kirillovsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in the south, and with Kargopolsky District in the west. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Konosha. District's population: 26,106 (2010 Census); 31,067 (2002 Census); 42,136 (1989 Census). The population of Konosha accounts for 47.6% of the district's total population.
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