Pristensky District
District in Kursk Oblast, Russia
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Pristensky District (Russian: Пристенский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 696 square kilometers (269 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Pristen.[1] Population: 14,326 (2021 census);[7] 16,893 (2010 census);[3] 21,249 (2002 Census);[8] 4,935 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Pristen accounts for 34.3% of the district's total population.[7]
Pristensky District
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Water mill in Krasnikovo, Pristensky District | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pristensky District in Kursk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 51°14′02″N 36°41′53″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kursk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Pristen[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 696 km2 (269 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,893 |
| • Density | 24.3/km2 (62.9/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47.8% |
| • Rural | 52.2 |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Work settlements, 18 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 2 urban-type settlements[4], 68 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pristensky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 2 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 38632000 |
| Website | http://pristen.rkursk.ru/ |