Ponyrovsky District
Поныровский район
District
War Museum in Ponyri, Ponyrovsky District
War Museum in Ponyri, Ponyrovsky District
Coat of arms of Ponyrovsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Ponyrovsky District in Kursk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°19′N 36°18′E / 52.317°N 36.300°E / 52.317; 36.300
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast[1]
Administrative centerPonyri[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total690 km2 (270 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total11,778
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
10,794 (−8.4%)
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
 • Urban
40.7%
 • Rural
59.3%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Work settlements, 13 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 Urban-type settlements[5], 48 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asPonyrovsky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID38630000
Websitehttp://ponirir.rkursk.ru/

Ponyrovsky District (Russian: Поныро́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 690 square kilometers (270 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Ponyri.[1] Population: 10,893 (2021 Census);[8] 11,778 (2010 Census);[3] 13,553 (2002 Census);[9] 15,694 (1989 Census).[10] The population of Ponyri accounts for 45.1% of the district's total population.[8]

Geography

Ponyrovsky District is located in the north central region of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Oryol Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The district is 45 km north of the city of Kursk and 400 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 25 km (north-south), and 35 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Ponyri.[2]

The district is bordered on the north by Oryol Oblast, on the southeast by Zolotukhinsky District, and on the west by Fatezhsky District.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Resolution #489
  2. ^ a b c "General Information" (in Russian). Ponyrovsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  3. ^ a b 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 January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c Law #48-ZKO
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ a b 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.
  9. ^ 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).
  10. ^ 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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