Aleksinsky District
District in Tula Oblast, Russia
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Aleksinsky District (Russian: Але́ксинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 982.5 square kilometers (379.3 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Aleksin.[1] Population: 74,326 (2010 Census);[3] 13,350 (2002 census);[7] 14,727 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Aleksin accounts for 83.1% of the district's total population.[3]
Aleksinsky District
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Church of St. Nicholas, Aleksinsky District | |
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 Location of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 54°30′N 37°04′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tula Oblast[1] |
| Established | 15 August 1924 |
| Administrative center | Aleksin[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 982.5 km2 (379.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 74,326 |
| • Density | 75.65/km2 (195.9/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 87.9% |
| • Rural | 12.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns under district jurisdiction, 1 Urban-type settlements, 13 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[4][5] | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[6], 154 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Aleksin Urban Okrug[4][5] |
| Website | http://www.aleksin.tula.ru/ |
History
On the night of 8–9 November 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Aleksin Chemical Plant—part of the state corporation Rostec—in the Aleksinsky District, about 190 km (120 mi) south of Moscow, causing a series of explosions and fires at the plant which manufactures ammunition and explosives for the Russian military. Russian sources did not acknowledge the attack's success, "as is common following a reported attack by Ukraine on one of [Russia's] military sites."[9][10]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Aleksinsky District is one of the twenty-three in the oblast.[1] The town of Aleksin serves as its administrative center.[1]
As a municipal division, the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—Aleksin Urban Okrug,[4] to which the town of Aleksin and 154 of the administrative district's rural localities belong,[5] and Novogurovsky Urban Okrug,[11] which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the work settlement of Novogurovsky.[12]