{{Infobox Russian district |en_name=Shumerlinsky District |ru_name=Шумерлинский район |loc_name1=Ҫӗмӗрле районӗ |loc_lang1=Chuvash |image_map={{Russia district OSM map}} |map_caption=Location of Shumerlinsky District in the Chuvash Republic |image_view=Озеро близ о.п. Кумашка, Кумашкинский заказник.JPG |image_caption=Kumashkynskyy reserve, Shumerlinsky District |coordinates = {{coord|55.5333|N|46.4167|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}} |image_flag= Flag of Shumerlinsky district.png |image_coa= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Chuvash Republic |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw" /> |adm_ctr_name=Shumerlya |adm_ctr_ref=<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw" /> |selsoviet_type1=rural settlement |no_of_selsoviets_type1=11 |no_of_rural_localities=57 |counts_ref= ----MUNICIPAL STATUS---- |mun_formation1=Shumerlinsky Municipal District |mun_formation1_ref=<ref name="ChuvashR_mun" /> |mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements=0 |mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements=11 |mun_formation1_counts_ref=<ref name="ChuvashR_mun" /> |mun_formation1_leader_title= |mun_formation1_leader_title_ref= |mun_formation1_leader_name= |mun_formation1_leader_name_ref= |mun_formation1_representative_body= |mun_formation1_representative_body_ref= |area_km2=1047.6 |area_km2_ref=<ref name='about'/> |pop_2010census=10765 |urban_pop_2010census=0% |rural_pop_2010census=100% |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=January&nbsp;9, 1935 |established_date_ref=<ref name="history">{{cite web|title=The Historical Past|url=http://gov.cap.ru/SiteMap.aspx?gov_id=77&id=827161|website=Shumerlinsky District (official site)|publisher=Shemurlinsky District|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref> |website=http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=77 }} '''Shumerlinsky District''' ({{langx|ru|Шу́мерлинский райо́н}}; {{langx|cv|Ҫӗмӗрле районӗ}}, ''Śĕmĕrle rayonĕ'') is an administrative<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw">Law #28</ref> and municipal<ref name="ChuvashR_mun">Law #37</ref> district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the north, Vurnarsky District in the east, Ibresinsky and Poretsky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the Sura River in the west. The area of the district is {{convert|1047.6|km2|sp=us}}.<ref name='about'>{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://gov.cap.ru/SiteMap.aspx?gov_id=77&id=827163|publisher=Shumerlinsky District|language=russian|access-date=August 31, 2016}}</ref> Its administrative center is the town of Shumerlya (which is not administratively a part of the district).<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw" /> Population: {{ru-census2010|10,765|;}} 13,298 (2002 Census);<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref> {{su-census1989|16,187|.}}

==History== The district was formed on January&nbsp;9, 1935.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic.<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw" /> The town of Shumerlya serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw" />

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as '''Shumerlinsky Municipal District'''.<ref name="ChuvashR_mun" /> The town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated separately from the district as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.<ref name="ChuvashR_mun" />

==Notable residents == <!-- Please only include people who have a biography article in Wikipedia --> *Valery Yardy (1948–1994), Olympic road cyclist

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===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|cu|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|cu|mun|list}}

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Category:Districts of Chuvashia