Pirovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-2900 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and is bordered by Yeniseysky District in the north, Kazachinsky District in the east, Bolshemurtinsky District in the southeast and south, and Birilyussky District in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Information about Pirovsky District Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Pirovskoye. In 2010, the district's population was the population was 9,150 in 2002 (2002 Census) and 11,896 in 1989 The population of Pirovskoye accounts for 39.7% of the district's total population.
History The district was founded on April 4, 1924.
Government As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Alexander I. Yevseyev.
Notable people Russian revolutionary Mikhail Petrashevsky is buried within the bounds of Pirovsky District.
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