Spas-Demensky District Explained

En Name:Spas-Demensky District
Ru Name:Спас-Деменский район
Coordinates:54.4167°N 36°W
Image View:С. Лазинки. Братская могила.jpg
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Spas-Demensk (Kaluga oblast) (2008).png
Federal Subject:Kaluga Oblast
Adm Data As Of:2017
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Spas-Demensk
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Rural Localities:128
Mun Data As Of:February 2015
Mun Formation1:Spas-Demensky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:12
Area Km2:1369
Pop 2010Census:8238
Urban Pop 2010Census:59.4%
Rural Pop 2010Census:40.6%
Established Date:1929
Website:http://www.admspasdem.ru
Date:November 2017
Population of Spas-Demensky District
Label1:2021 Census
Data1:7,469
Label2:2010 Census
Data2:8,238
Label3:2002 Census
Data3:10,017
Label4:1989 Census
Data4:13,058
Label5:1979 Census
Data5:27,533

Spas-Demensky District (Russian: Спас-Де́менский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1369km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Spas-Demensk. As of the 2021 Census, the total population of the district was 7,369, with the population of Spas-Demensk accounting for 62.0% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1929 within Sukhinichi Okrug of Western Oblast from a part of former Mosalsky Uyezd.[4] It became a part of Kaluga Oblast on July 5, 1944.

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Notes and References

  1. Charter of Kaluga Oblast, Article 4
  2. Law #354-OZ
  3. Web site: About the District. Spas-Demensky District. ru. November 27, 2017.
  4. Official website of Spas-Demensky District. History