Kuznetsky District, Penza Oblast Explained

En Name:Kuznetsky District
Ru Name:Кузнецкий район
Image View:Muzei Radisheva. Hram.JPG
Coordinates:53.1167°N 82°W
Image Coa:Coat_of_Arms_of_Kuznetsky_rayon_(Penza_oblast).png
Federal Subject:Penza Oblast
Adm Data As Of:December 2012
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Kuznetsk
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type:Work settlements
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance:2
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:11
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:2
No Of Rural Localities:52
Mun Data As Of:October 2012
Mun Formation1:Kuznetsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:2
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:11
Area Km2:2071
Pop 2010Census:38056
Urban Pop 2010Census:17.9%
Rural Pop 2010Census:82.1%
Website:http://rkuzn.pnzreg.ru/
Date:October 2012

Kuznetsky District (Russian: Кузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 2071km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 38,056 (2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast. The town of Kuznetsk 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.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kuznetsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated separately from the district as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.

Notable residents

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Notes and References

  1. Law #774-ZPO
  2. Law #690-ZPO
  3. Web site: General Information. Kuznetsky District. russian. May 15, 2017.