En Name: | Shchigrovsky District |
Ru Name: | Щигровский район |
Coordinates: | 51.8667°N 92°W |
Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | November 2008 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Shchigry |
Selsoviet Type1: | selsoviet |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 18 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 167 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Shchigrovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 18 |
Area Km2: | 1220 |
Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
Pop 2010Census: | 11994 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://shigry.rkursk.ru/ |
Date: | August 2011 |
Shchigrovsky District (Russian: Щигро́вский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 1220km2.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Shchigry (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 15,099 (2002 Census);
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchigrovsky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast. The town of Shchigry 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 Shchigrovsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Shchigry is incorporated separately from the district as Shchigry Urban Okrug.