En Name: | Khomutovsky District |
Ru Name: | Хомутовский район |
Image View: | Scene in Khomutovsky District, Kursk.jpg |
Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2013 |
Adm Ctr Type: | work settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Khomutovka |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Work settlements |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 20 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 138 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Khomutovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 8 |
Area Km2: | 1194 |
Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
Pop 2010Census: | 11429 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 37.0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 63.0% |
Website: | http://homutov.rkursk.ru/ |
Date: | August 2011 |
Khomutovsky District (ru|Хомуто́вский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1194km2.[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Khomutovka. Population: 16,432 (2002 Census); The population of Khomutovka accounts for 43.9% of the district's total population.
Khomutovsky District is located in the west of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Ukraine. The terrain is hilly plain averaging 200 meters above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Svapa River. The district is 80 km northeast of the city of Kursk, and 470 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 35 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Khomutovka.[1]
The district is bordered on the north by Dmitriyevsky District, on the east by Konyshyovsky District, on the south by Rylsky District, and on the west by Bryansk Oblast and a border with Ukraine.