Luzsky District
District in Kirov Oblast, Russia
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Luzsky District (Russian: Лу́зский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] 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]
Luzsky District
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A church complex in Lalsk, Luzsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Luzsky District in Kirov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 60°37′N 47°17′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 |
| • Density | 3.516/km2 (9.107/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[5], 137 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Luzsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 2 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 33622000 |
| Website | http://лузский.рф |
| 2010 Census | 18,688[4] |
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| 2002 Census | 22,599[8] |
| 1989 Census | 26,843[9] |
| 1979 Census | 29,953[10] |
History
The district was established in 1963 by merging of Lalsky and Podosinovsky Districts, although Podosinovsky District was split back at a later date.[2]