Velsky District
General information
Accessibility
Road Transport
The combined total length of roads within the territory, km
Federal motorway M8 Kholmogory (Moscow – Arkhangelsk), km
Regional and inter-municipal motorways, km
Local motorways, km
Rail Transport
Throughout the territory of the district lies a railroad of the Northern Railway (subsidiary of the Open Joint Stock Company Russian Railways), which links Moscow and Vorkuta. In the district, there are three cargo railway stations – Velsk, Kuloy and Vaga. The main delivery of goods by railway transport is performed via Velsk Station located at the 820 km of the road to Solvychegodsk.
Air Transport
The district has an airport used for small aircrafts. In the year of 2018, it is planned to commence renovation of the airport.
Transport accessibility of the markets: Moscow – 750 km, St Petersburg – 900 km, Yaroslavl – 460 km, Veliky Ustyug – 360 km, Petrozavodsk – 780 km.
Resources
Mineral Reserve Base
Peat, carbonates, constructional materials (sands, sand and gravel mix, clays).
Land and Forest Resources
The total area of the land fund, thousand hectares
The area of farmlands, thousand hectares
The area of the lands of the forest fund, thousand hectares
Allowable cut, thousand cubic metres
Water Resources
Velsk District lies in the Vaga river basin (first-order tributary of the Northern Dvina). Rivers are the major water supply to industries and public infrastructure. Altogether in the territory of the district there are 938 lakes with water area exceeding 1 hectare.
Explored groundwater reserves comprise some 3 million cubic metres per day.
Economic Indicators
Fixed asset investments, thousand roubles
Number of small and medium-sized businesses
Average nominal monthly wage of employees of large and medium enterprises and non-profit organisations, roubles
Mainstays of the economy
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