Bolshesoldatsky District
Большесолдатский район
District
Bolshe Soldatsky
Bolshe Soldatsky
Coat of arms of Bolshesoldatsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Bolshesoldatsky District in Kursk Oblast
Coordinates: 51°21′00″N 35°30′37″E / 51.35000°N 35.51028°E / 51.35000; 35.51028
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast[1]
Established14 May 1928Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerBolshoye Soldatskoye[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total800 km2 (300 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total12,678
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
10,998 (−13.3%)
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions12 selsoviet
 • Inhabited localities[1]64 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asBolshesoldatsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[5]0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID38603000
Websitehttp://bol.rkursk.ru/

Bolshesoldatsky District (Russian: Большесолда́тский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 800 square kilometers (310 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Bolshoye Soldatskoye.[1] Population: 10,599 (2021 Census);[7] 12,678 (2010 Census);[3] 14,636 (2002 Census);[8] 18,528 (1989 Census).[9] The population of Bolshoye Soldatskoye accounts for 21.1% of the district's total population.[3]

Geography

Bolshesoldatsky District is located in the south-central region of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain averaging 200 meters above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Sudzha River, which flows from east to west through the district into the Psel River, a tributary of the Dnieper River to the west. The Sudzha River is typically frozen from December to March. The district is 35 km southwest of the city of Kursk, and 490 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 30 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Bolshoye Soldatskoye.[2]

The district is bordered on the north by Kurchatovsky District, on the east by Medvensky District, on the south by Belovsky District, and on the west by Sudzhansky District.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Resolution #489
  2. ^ a b c "About the District". Official District Website. Bolshesoldatsky District. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Law #48-ZKO
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  8. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 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).
  9. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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