Buturlinskiy District is located in the southeastern part of Nizhny Novgorod Region. It borders Gaginsky District, Shatkovsky District, Perevozsky District, Bolshemurashkinskiy District, Sergachsky District, and Knyagininsky District Districts.
The district contains 55 settlements, grouped into 7 administrative units.
The administrative center — the urban-type settlement of Buturlino — is situated in the central part of the district. The distance to Nizhny Novgorod is 121 km.
Buturlinskiy District was established in June 1929.
Attractions
Natural monuments
- Bornukovskaya Cave.
- Karst lakes Karasnoye and Chembasovo.
- Dubrava, the villages of Tartelei and Krutets.
Architectural and urban-planning monuments
- Voskresenskaya Church, village of B. Bakaldy (1838).
- Kazanskaya Church, village of Inkino (1863).
- Rozhdestvenskaya Church, village of Kamenishchi (1829).
- Znamenskaya Church, village of Ketros (1771).
Museums
- Buturlinsky People's Local History and Regional Studies Museum.
- Cherry Museum, village of B. Bakaldy.
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