Although the province (or oblast, as such administrative regions are known in Russian) is mainly rural, it also contains a number of settlements whose historical references date as far back as the twelfth century.
Vologda neighboured by such Regions as Arkhangelsk, Komi, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Tver, Novgorod, Leningrad, Karelia.
There are 26 districts, 15 cities and 13 towns, 371 larger and 8244 smaller villages at the region. Population - 1324,0 thousand people (68% of all people lives at cities). Center - Vologda city (population - 302,5 thousand people).