Livensky District
District in Oryol Oblast, Russia
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Livensky District (Russian: Ли́венский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,806.3 square kilometers (697.4 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Livny (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 32,791 (2010 Census);[3] 34,200 (2002 census);[6] 34,503 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
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Livensky District
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River landscape, Livensky District | |
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 Location of Livensky District in Oryol Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 52°25′N 37°36′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Oryol Oblast[1] |
| Established | 30 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Livny[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,806.3 km2 (697.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 32,791 |
| • Density | 18.154/km2 (47.018/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 16 selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 145 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Livensky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 54629000 |
| Website | http://adm-livr.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Livensky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.[1] The town of Livny 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 Livensky Municipal District.[4] The town of oblast significance of Livny is incorporated separately from the district as Livny Urban Okrug.[8]
Notable people
- Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov (1892–1944), Soviet and Russian aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer
- Alexey Stakhanov (1906–1977), Soviet and Russian miner of Donets basin, propaganda celebrity of Stakhanovite movement