Dmitriyevsky District Explained

En Name:Dmitriyevsky District
Ru Name:Дмитриевский район
Image View:Крупец - panoramio.jpg
Coordinates:52.1167°N 39°W
Image Coa:Dmitriev COA (Kursk Governorate) (1780).png
Federal Subject:Kursk Oblast
Adm Data As Of:January 2013
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Dmitriyev
Town Of District Significance Type:Towns of district significance
No Of Towns Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:19
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Rural Localities:123
Mun Data As Of:August 2011
Mun Formation1:Dmitriyevsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:7
Area Km2:1270
Area Km2 Ref:[1]
Pop 2010Census:18088
Urban Pop 2010Census:42.7%
Rural Pop 2010Census:57.3%
Website:http://dmitriev.rkursk.ru/
Date:August 2011

Dmitriyevsky District (Russian: Дми́триевский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1270km2.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Dmitriyev. Population: 22,420 (2002 Census); The population of Dmitriyev accounts for 45.3% of the district's total population.

Geography

Dmitriyevsky District is located in the northwest of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Bryansk Oblast to the north. The terrain is hilly plain dissected by ravines; there are 81 rivers and streams in the district, which lies on the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Svapa River, which flows southwest into the Seym River. The district is 65 km northwest of the city of Kursk, and 420 km southwest of Moscow The area measures 51 km (north-south), and 53 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Dmitriev.[1]

The district is bordered on the north by Komarichsky District and Sevsky District of Bryansk Oblast, on the east by Zheleznogorsky District, on the south by Konyshyovsky District, and on the west by Khomutovsky District.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Information. Dmitriyevsky District. russian. August 31, 2016.
  2. Resolution #489
  3. Law #48-ZKO