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Gorshechensky District


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en_nameGorshechensky District
ru_nameГоршеченский район
image_map
map_captionLocation of Gorshechensky District in Kursk Oblast
image_viewBarkalovka.JPG
image_captionSteppe landscape in Central Black Earth Nature Reserve, Gorshechensky District
image_coaCoat of Arms of Gorshechnoe rayon (Kursk oblast).png
federal_subjectKursk Oblast
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adm_ctr_nameGorshechnoye
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urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_typeWork settlements
no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance1
selsoviet_type1Selsoviets
no_of_selsoviets_type115
no_of_urban-type_settlements1
no_of_rural_localities79
counts_ref
mun_formation1Gorshechensky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements1
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements14
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km21400
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census18591
urban_pop_2010census33.0%
rural_pop_2010census67.0%
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websitehttp://gorshechr.rkursk.ru/

|urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_type=Work settlements |no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance=1 |no_of_urban-type_settlements=1 Gorshechensky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 1400 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Gorshechnoye. Population: 22,835 (2002 Census); The population of Gorshechnoye accounts for 34.8% of the district's total population.

Geography

Gorshechensky District is located in the south-east of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain averaging 200 meters above sea level; the district lies on the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Oskol River, which flows out of the district to the south, where it empties into the Donets River, and ultimately the Don River. The district is 110 km east of the city of Kursk, and 350 km south of Moscow. The area measures 30 km (north-south), and 50 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Gorshechnoye.

The district is bordered on the north by Kastorensky District, on the east by Nizhnedevitsky District of Voronezh Oblast, on the south by Starooskolsky District of Belgorod Oblast, and on the west by Manturovsky District.

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  1. "General Information". Gorshechensky District.
  2. Resolution #489
  3. Law #48-ZKO
  4. {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
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