Aleksinsky District Explained

En Name:Aleksinsky District
Ru Name:Алексинский район
Image View:Вид на церковь святителя Николая.jpg
Coordinates:54.5°N 41°W
Federal Subject:Tula Oblast
Adm Data As Of:June 2013
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Aleksin
Town Of District Significance Type:Towns under district jurisdiction
No Of Towns Of District Significance:1
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type:Urban-type settlements
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Rural okrugs
No Of Selsoviets Type1:13
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:154
Mun Data As Of:June 2014
Mun Formation1:Aleksin Urban Okrug
Mun Formation2:Novogurovsky Urban Okrug
Area Km2:982.5
Pop 2010Census:74326
Urban Pop 2010Census:87.9%
Rural Pop 2010Census:12.1%
Website:http://www.aleksin.tula.ru/
Date:March 2013

Aleksinsky District (ru|Але́ксинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 982.5km2.[2] Its administrative center is the town of Aleksin. Population: 74,326 (2010 Census); The population of Aleksin accounts for 83.1% of the district's total population.

History

On the night of 8–9 November 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Aleksin Chemical Plant—part of the state corporation Rostec—in the Aleksinsky District, about south of Moscow, causing a series of explosions and fires at the plant which manufactures ammunition and explosives for the Russian military. Russian sources did not acknowledge the attack's success, "as is common following a reported attack by Ukraine on one of [Russia's] military sites."[3] [4]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Aleksinsky District is one of the twenty-three in the oblast. The town of Aleksin serves as its administrative center.

As a municipal division, the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—Aleksin Urban Okrug,[5] to which the town of Aleksin and 154 of the administrative district's rural localities belong,[6] and Novogurovsky Urban Okrug,[7] which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the work settlement of Novogurovsky.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #954-ZTO
  2. Web site: General Information. Aleksinsky District. russian. November 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161127192242/http://aleksin.tula.ru/obshchie-svedeniya-o-rayone/ekologiya/. November 27, 2016. dead.
  3. News: Cole. Brendan . Ukraine Strikes Russian Ammunition Plant Deep Behind Enemy Lines . 9 November 2024 . 2024-11-09 . .
  4. News: Khomenko. Ivan . Drone Attack Targets Military Chemical Plant in Russia’s Tula Region . 9 November 2024 . 2024-11-09 .
  5. Law #2140-ZTO
  6. [OKATO]
  7. Law #554-ZTO
  8. OKATO lists 1 town, 1 work settlement, and 154 rural localities in Aleksinsky District. The work settlement of Novogurovsky is listed as a part of Novogurovsky Urban Okrug in Law #554-ZTO.