Serpukhovsky District
District in Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Serpukhovsky District (Russian: Серпухо́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,012.714 square kilometers (391.011 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the city of Serpukhov (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 35,173 (2010 Census);[3] 34,565 (2002 census);[7] 67,425 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Serpukhovsky District
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Oka River, Serpukhovsky District | |
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 Location of Serpukhovsky District in Moscow Oblast (before July 2012) | |
| Coordinates: 54°55′N 37°26′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Moscow Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Serpukhov[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,012.714 km2 (391.011 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 35,173 |
| • Density | 34.731/km2 (89.954/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 25.9% |
| • Rural | 74.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Work settlements, 5 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 2 urban-type settlements[5], 139 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Serpukhovsky Municipal District[2] |
| • Municipal divisions[2] | 2 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 46651000 |
| Website | http://www.serpregion.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Serpukhovsky District is one of the thirty-six in the oblast.[1] The city of Serpukhov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Serpukhovsky Municipal District.[2] Serpukhov City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Serpukhov Urban Okrug.[9]
Notable residents
- Mikhail Kuznetsov (1913–1989), WW2 Soviet flying ace, born in Agarino village