Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Kurchatovsky District.
Kurchatovsky District
Курчатовский район (Russian)

Location of Kurchatovsky District in Kursk Oblast
Coordinates: 51°40′N 35°39′E / 51.667°N 35.650°E / 51.667; 35.650Coordinates: 51°40′N 35°39′E / 51.667°N 35.650°E / 51.667; 35.650

Kurchatov reservoir, Kurchatovsky District
Coat of arms
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Kursk Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of January 2013)
Administrative center town of Kurchatov[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Work settlements 2
Selsoviets 10
Inhabited localities:[1]
Urban-type settlements[2] 2
Rural localities 55
Municipal structure (as of August 2011)
Municipally incorporated as Kurchatovsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 2
Rural settlements 6
Statistics
Area 678 km2 (262 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 18,021 inhabitants[5]
• Urban 56.1%
• Rural 43.9%
Density 26.58/km2 (68.8/sq mi)[6]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[7]
Official website
Kurchatovsky District on WikiCommons

Kurchatovsky District (Russian: Курча́товский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 678 square kilometers (262 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the town of Kurchatov (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 18,021 (2010 Census);[5] 19,714 (2002 Census);[8] 25,224 (1989 Census).[9]

Geography

Kurchatovsky District is located in the west central region of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Seym River. The district surrounds the city of Kurchatov, and is 25 km west of the city of Kursk and 460 km southwest of Moscow The area measures 50 km (north-south), and 20 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Kurchatov, Russia[4]

The district is bordered on the north by Konyshyovsky District, on the east by Oktyabrsky District, on the south by Bolshesoldatsky District, and on the west by Lgovsky District.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kurchatovsky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast.[1] The town of Kurchatov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kurchatovsky Municipal District.[3] The town of oblast significance of Kurchatov is incorporated separately from the district as Kurchatov Urban Okrug.[3]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #489
  2. ↑ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #48-ZKO
  4. 1 2 3 "General Information" (in Russian). Kurchatovsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.).
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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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