Orlovsky District, Oryol Oblast
District in Oryol Oblast, Russia
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Orlovsky District (Russian: Орло́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,701.4 square kilometers (656.9 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the city of Oryol (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 67,384 (2010 Census);[3] 66,167 (2002 census);[7] 63,801 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Orlovsky District
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Neprets Gulch, Orlovsky District | |
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 Location of Orlovsky District in Oryol Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 52°58′N 36°05′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Oryol Oblast[1] |
| Established | 30 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Oryol[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,701.4 km2 (656.9 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 67,384 |
| • Density | 39.605/km2 (102.58/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 17.8% |
| • Rural | 82.2% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 16 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 264 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Orlovsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 54501000 |
| Website | http://orlr.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orlovsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.[1] The city of Oryol serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city 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 Orlovsky Municipal District.[5] The city of oblast significance of Oryol is incorporated separately from the district as Oryol Urban Okrug.[9]
Notable residents
- Georgy Rodin (1897–1976), Red Army lieutenant general, born in Bolotovo village
- Grigory Zhilkin (born 2003), football player, born in Biofabrika