Kursky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO 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 . 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 Besedino 23 3131 192.02besedino.rkursk.ru Brezhnevsky Verkhnekasinovo 27 1385 159.67brejnevskiy.rkursk.ru Kamyshinsky Kamyshi 7 3245 72.28kamish.rkursk.ru Klyukvinsky Dolgoye 9 10 603 117.60klukva.rkursk.ru Lebyazhensky Cheryomushki 20 3473 138.43lebajye.rkursk.ru Mokovsky 1st Mokva 7 3520 45.72mokva.rkursk.ru Nizhnemedveditsky Verkhnyaya Medveditsa 16 3317 115.78nmedvedica.rkursk.ru Novoposelenovsky 1st Tsvetovo 8 3509 73.14novoposel.rkursk.ru Nozdrachevsky Nozdrachevo 4 837 79.81nozdrachevo.rkursk.ru Pashkovsky Chaplygina 13 2057 71.47pashkovskiy.rkursk.ru Polevskoy Polevaya 15 4003 210.47polevaya.rkursk.ru Polyansky Polyanskoye 13 2084 121.72polanskoe.rkursk.ru Ryshkovsky Ryshkovo 4 3171 53.69rishkovo.rkursk.ru Shchetinsky Shchetinka 10 5869 45.31shetin.rkursk.ru Shumakovsky Bolshoye Shumakovo 3 1548 61.61shumakovo.rkursk.ru Vinnikovsky 1st Vinnikovo 9 1234 71.44vinnikovo.rkursk.ru Voroshnevsky Voroshnevo 3 4706 26.84voroshnevo.rkursk.ru
There are 191 rural localities within the district, including 4 unpopulated ones:
Locality Original name Sielsoviet Population(2002) Coordinates Nikolayevka Николаевка Brezhnevsky 4 Stepnoy Степной Lebyazhensky 5 Tyoply Тёплый Brezhnevsky 9 Voskresenovka Воскресеновка Brezhnevsky 4
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External links Kursky District on Google Maps Kursky District on OpenStreetMap
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