District of Vashki
General Information
The name of the district came from a Finnish word "vaskala" (fish species - bleak)
Square: 2.900 sq km
Total population: 10.033
Distance from Vologda: 172 km
Geographic location: the north-western part of the Vologda Oblast, it is washed by White Lake
Administrative centre: Lipin Bor
Administrative division: 12 administrative areas
Railway station: the nearest one is in Cherepovets, 159 km away from the district centre
Places of interest: Assumption Church (18th century), Church of Exaltation of the Cross (19th century), Church of Alexander Nevsky (19th century), sites of ancient settlement
Protected areas: a natural reserve, karstic lakes that disappear from time to time
News
Vologda Oblast Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov visited a new cheese-making plant in Lipin Bor (Vashki District, Vologda Region) that manufactures hard and semi-hard cheese.
A new production line in the District of Vashki was visited by Deputy Governor Mikhail Glazkov.