Gorshechensky District

Gorshechensky District
Горшеченский район (Russian)

Location of Gorshechensky District in Kursk Oblast

Steppe landscape in Central Black Earth Nature Reserve, Gorshechensky District
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Kursk Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of January 2013)
Administrative center work settlement of Gorshechnoye[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Work settlements 1
Selsoviets 15
Inhabited localities:[1]
Urban-type settlements[2] 1
Rural localities 79
Municipal structure (as of August 2011)
Municipally incorporated as Gorshechensky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 14
Statistics
Area 1,400 km2 (540 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 18,591 inhabitants[5]
• Urban 33.0%
• Rural 67.0%
Density 13.28/km2 (34.4/sq mi)[6]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[7]
Official website
Gorshechensky District on WikiCommons

Gorshechensky District (Russian: Горше́ченский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] 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 1,400 square kilometers (540 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Gorshechnoye.[1] Population: 18,591 (2010 Census);[5] 22,835 (2002 Census);[8] 26,372 (1989 Census).[9] The population of Gorshechnoye accounts for 33.0% of the district's total population.[5]

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.[4]

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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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Resolution #489
  2. ↑ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  3. 1 2 3 Law #48-ZKO
  4. 1 2 3 "General Information" (in Russian). Gorshechensky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  8. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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Coordinates: 51°31′11″N 38°01′46″E / 51.51972°N 38.02944°E / 51.51972; 38.02944

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