Lgovsky District

Lgovsky District
Льговский район (Russian)

Location of Lgovsky District in Kursk Oblast
Coordinates: 51°40′N 35°16′E / 51.667°N 35.267°E / 51.667; 35.267Coordinates: 51°40′N 35°16′E / 51.667°N 35.267°E / 51.667; 35.267

Nadezhdovka, view of village houses
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Kursk Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of November 2008)
Administrative center town of Lgov[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
selsoviet 17
Inhabited localities:[1]
Rural localities 91
Municipal structure (as of August 2011)
Municipally incorporated as Lgovsky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 8
Statistics
Area 1,080 km2 (420 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census) 14,451 inhabitants[4]
 Urban 0%
 Rural 100%
Density 13.38/km2 (34.7/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Official website
Lgovsky District on WikiCommons

Lgovsky District (Russian: Льго́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central eastern part of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,080 square kilometers (420 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Lgov (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 14,451(2010 Census);[4] 19,313 (2002 Census);[7] 23,866(1989 Census).[8]

Geography

Lgovsky District is located in the west central region of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Seym River, a tributary of the Desna River to the southwest, of the Don River (Russia) basin. The district is 40 km west of the city of Kursk and 480 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Lgov.[3]

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

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lgovsky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast.[1] The town of Lgov 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 Lgovsky Municipal District.[2] The town of oblast significance of Lgov is incorporated separately from the district as Lgov Urban Okrug.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #489
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #48-ZKO
  3. 1 2 3 "General Information" (in Russian). Lgovsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  4. 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.
  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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