Spas-Demensky District
District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia
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Spas-Demensky District (Russian: Спас-Де́менский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,369 square kilometers (529 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Spas-Demensk.[3] As of the 2021 Census, the total population of the district was 7,369, with the population of Spas-Demensk accounting for 62.0% of that number.[7]
Spas-Demensky District
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War memorial in Spas-Demensk | |
 Flag _(2008).png) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Spas-Demensky District in Kaluga Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 54°25′N 34°02′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kaluga Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1929[2] |
| Administrative center | Spas-Demensk[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,369 km2 (529 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,238 |
| • Density | 6.018/km2 (15.59/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 59.4% |
| • Rural | 40.6% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 128 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Spas-Demensky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 29634000 |
| Website | http://www.admspasdem.ru |
| 2021 Census | 7,469[7] |
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| 2010 Census | 8,238[4] |
| 2002 Census | 10,017[8] |
| 1989 Census | 13,058[9] |
| 1979 Census | 27,533[10] |
History
The district was established in 1929 within Sukhinichi Okrug of Western Oblast from a part of former Mosalsky Uyezd.[2] It became a part of Kaluga Oblast on July 5, 1944.[2]