Nerekhtsky District

Nerekhtsky District (Не́рехтский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1163 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Nerekhta (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 13,447 (2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nerekhtsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast. The town of Nerekhta serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nerekhtsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Nerekhta being incorporated within it as Nerekhta Urban Settlement.