Poshekhonsky District

Poshekhonsky District (Пошехо́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 4400 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Poshekhonye. Population: 14,292 (2010 Census); The population of Poshekhonye accounts for 42.6% of the district's total population.