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.
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.