Pizhansky District

Pizhansky District (Пижа́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1160.2 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Pizhanka. Population: 13,580 (2002 Census);  The population of Pizhanka accounts for 34.5% of the district's total population.

People

 * Stepan Repin (1906-1982)