Krasnochetaysky District
# Krasnochetaysky District

Krasnochetaysky District (Russian: Красночета́йский райо́н; Chuvash: Хĕрлĕ Чутай районӗ, Hĕrlĕ Çutay rayonĕ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Yadrinsky District in the north, Morgaushsky District in the east, Alikovsky and Shumerlinsky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 691.6 square kilometers (267.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Krasnye Chetai. Population: 16,941 (2010 Census); 21,117 (2002 Census); 24,589 (1989 Census). The population of Krasnye Chetai accounts for 15.5% of the district's total population.

## History

The district was formed on September 27, 1944.

## Notable people

* Anatoly Danilov (born 1954), painter
* Oleg Nikolayev (born 1969 in Cherbay), politician
