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Kursky District, Kursk Oblast

Field	Value
en_name	Kursky District
ru_name	Курский район
image_map
map_caption	Location of Kursky District in Kursk Oblast
image_view	Усадьба в Мокве.JPG
image_caption	Western facade of the palace in Mokwa, Kursky District
coordinates
image_coa	Coat of Arms of Kursk rayon (Kursk oblast).png
federal_subject	Kursk Oblast
federal_subject_ref
adm_ctr_name	Kursk
adm_ctr_ref
selsoviet_type1	Selsoviets
no_of_selsoviets_type1	21
no_of_rural_localities	192
counts_ref
mun_formation1	Kursky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements	0
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements	17
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km2	1620
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census	54778
urban_pop_2010census	0%
rural_pop_2010census	100%
pop_2010census_ref
website	http://kurskr.rkursk.ru/

Kursky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1657.29 km2. Its administrative center is the city of Kursk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 56,494 (2002 Census);

Geography

Kursky District is located in the center of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Seym River, which flows east to west through the district, joining the Desna River and eventually the Dnieper River in Ukraine. The district surrounds the city of Kursk, which is the administrative center of Kursky District, but not part of it. The district is 430 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 50 km (west-east).

The district is bordered on the north by Zolotukhinsky District, on the east by Shchigrovsky District, on the south by Medvensky District, and on the west by Oktyabrsky District.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kursky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast. The city of Kursk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kursky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Kursk is incorporated separately from the district as Kursk Urban Okrug.

Administrative division of the district

The district is divided into 17 administrative units (selsoviets):

Sielsoviet		The seat of the unit		Number of
localities		Population
(2010)		Area
[km2]		Website
Besedinsky
Brezhnevsky
Kamyshinsky
Klyukvinsky
Lebyazhensky
Mokovsky
Nizhnemedveditsky
Novoposelenovsky
Nozdrachevsky
Pashkovsky
Polevskoy
Polyansky
Ryshkovsky
Shchetinsky
Shumakovsky
Vinnikovsky
Voroshnevsky

There are 191 rural localities within the district, including 4 unpopulated ones:

Locality		Original name		Sielsoviet		Population
(2002)		Coordinates
Nikolayevka
Stepnoy
Tyoply
Voskresenovka

References

Notes

Sources

References

"Kursky District".
Resolution #489
Law #48-ZKO
{{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census

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