Znamensky District
Знаменский район | |
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Coordinates: 53°17′N 35°41′E / 53.283°N 35.683°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Oryol Oblast[1] |
Established | 5 August 1929 |
Administrative center | Znamenskoye[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 817.1 km2 (315.5 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,016 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 4,478 (−10.7%) |
• Density | 6.1/km2 (16/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 7 selsoviet |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 94 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Znamensky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 54620000 |
Website | http://admznamen.ru/ |
Znamensky District (Russian: Зна́менский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 817.1 square kilometers (315.5 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Znamenskoye.[1] Population: 5,016 (2010 Census);[3] 6,458 (2002 Census);[7] 6,510 (1989 Census).[8] The population of Znamenskoye accounts for 33.9% of the district's total population.[3]
The main rivers in the district are the Nugr' and the Vytebet, a tributary of the Zhizdra. The district's average elevation above sea level is 216 meters (709 ft), with a high point of 255 meters (837 ft) and a low point of 176 meters (577 ft).
The Orlovskoye Polesye national park is partly located in the district.[9]
People's Artist of the USSR Ivan Pereverzev (1914–1978) was born on the territory of modern district, in the now defunct village of Kuzminki.[10]