Belovsky District, Kursk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Belovsky District.
Belovsky District
Беловский район (Russian)

Location of Belovsky District in Kostroma Oblast
Coordinates: 51°03′16″N 35°42′35″E / 51.05444°N 35.70972°E / 51.05444; 35.70972Coordinates: 51°03′16″N 35°42′35″E / 51.05444°N 35.70972°E / 51.05444; 35.70972

Water mill in Krupets, Belovsky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Kursk Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of November 2008)
Administrative center sloboda of Belaya[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
selsoviet 18
Inhabited localities:[1]
Rural localities 51
Municipal structure (as of August 2011)
Municipally incorporated as Belovsky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 14
Statistics
Area 950 km2 (370 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census) 17,933 inhabitants[4]
 Urban 0%
 Rural 100%
Density 18.88/km2 (48.9/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Official website
Belovsky District on WikiCommons

Belovsky District (Russian: Бело́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 950 square kilometers (370 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a sloboda) of Belaya.[1] Population: 17,933(2010 Census);[4] 22,182 (2002 Census);[7] 25,968(1989 Census).[8] The population of Belaya accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.[4]

Geography

Belovsky District is located on the south-central edge of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Belgorod Oblast to the south. The terrain is a hilly plain averaging 200 meters above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the The main river through the district is the Psel River, which flows southwest from the district into Ukraine, where it empties into the Dnieper River. The Psel is typically frozen from December to early March. Belovsky District is 60 km south of the city of Kursk, and 520 km south of Moscow. The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 38 km (west-east); total area is 950 km2 (about 3.2% of Kursk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Belaya.[3]

The district is bordered on the north by Bolshesoldatsky District, on the east by Oboyansky District, on the south by Krasnoyaruzhsky District, Rakityansky District, and Ivnyansky District of Belgorod Oblast, and on the west by Sudzhansky District.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Resolution #489
  2. 1 2 3 Law #48-ZKO
  3. 1 2 3 "General Information" (in Russian). Belovsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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