Kuznetsky District
Кузнецкий район | |
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Coordinates: 53°07′N 46°36′E / 53.117°N 46.600°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Penza Oblast[1] |
Established | 16 July 1928 |
Administrative center | Kuznetsk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,071 km2 (800 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 38,056 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 36,905 (−3%) |
• Density | 18/km2 (48/sq mi) |
• Urban | 17.9% |
• Rural | 82.1% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 2 Work settlements, 11 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 2 Urban-type settlements[5], 52 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kuznetsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 2 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 56640000 |
Website | http://rkuzn.pnzreg.ru/ |
Kuznetsky District (Russian: Кузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,071 square kilometers (800 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Kuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 38,056 (2010 Census);[3] 41,712 (2002 Census);[8] 41,597 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast.[1] The town of Kuznetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kuznetsky Municipal District.[6] The town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated separately from the district as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.[6]