Kuznetsky District, Penza Oblast
District in Penza Oblast, Russia
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Kuznetsky District (Russian: Кузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] 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);[7] 41,597 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Kuznetsky District
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Museum of Radishchev. Transfiguration Church. 18th century, Kuznetsky District | |
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 Location of Kuznetsky District in Penza Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°07′N 46°36′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 |
| • Density | 18.38/km2 (47.59/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 17.9% |
| • Rural | 82.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Work settlements, 11 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 2 urban-type settlements[4], 52 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kuznetsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 2 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 56640000 |
| Website | http://rkuzn.pnzreg.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
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".[5] The town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated separately from the district as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.[5]
Notable residents
- Viktor Ilyukhin (1949–2011), State Duma deputy, born in Sosnovka
- Yevgeny Rodionov (1977–1996), Russian soldier captured and executed by Chechen rebels in the First Chechen War, born in Chibirley
- Vladimir Zakhmatov (born 1954), scientist