Babyninsky District
Бабынинский район | |
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Coordinates: 54°23′07″N 35°44′58″E / 54.38528°N 35.74944°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kaluga Oblast[1] |
Established | August 11, 1929[2] |
Administrative center | Babynino[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 845 km2 (326 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 21,041 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 18,349 (−12.8%) |
• Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
• Urban | 53.6% |
• Rural | 46.4% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities | 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 120 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Babyninsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 1 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 29602000 |
Website | http://www.admbabynino.ru/ |
Babyninsky District (Russian: Бабы́нинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 845 square kilometers (326 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Babynino. Population: 20,991 (2021 Census);[9] 21,041 (2010 Census);[4] 22,143 (2002 Census);[10] 16,178 (1989 Census).[11] The population of Babynino accounts for 18.5% of the district's total population.[9][2]
Babyninsky District is located in the center of Kaluga Oblast, on flat terrain. The district is immediately west of the city of Kaluga, and about 180 km southwest of Moscow. The M3 Moscow-Ukraine Highway runs diagonally through the middle of the district, and the Old Smolensk Road runs across the north. The area measures 35 km (north-south), and 35 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Babynino.[2]
The district is bordered on the north by Yukhnovsky District, on the east by Peremyshlsky District and the city of Kaluga, on the south by Kozelsky District, and on the west by Meshchovsky District.