Luzsky District
Лузский район | |
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Coordinates: 60°37′N 47°17′E / 60.617°N 47.283°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
Established | 1963[2] |
Administrative center | Luza[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 5,315 km2 (2,052 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 18,688 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 15,671 (−16.1%) |
• Density | 3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi) |
• Urban | 80.1% |
• Rural | 19.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Towns, 1 Urban-type settlements, 1 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 137 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Luzsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 2 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 33622000 |
Website | http://лузский.рф |
2010 Census | 18,688[4] |
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2002 Census | 22,599[9] |
1989 Census | 26,843[10] |
1979 Census | 29,953[11] |
Luzsky District (Russian: Лу́зский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 5,315 square kilometers (2,052 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Luza.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,688, with the population of Luza accounting for 60.3% of that number.[4]
The district was established in 1963 by merging of Lalsky and Podosinovsky Districts, although Podosinovsky District was split back at a later date.[2]