Znamensky District, Oryol Oblast
District in Oryol Oblast, Russia
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Znamensky District (Russian: Зна́менский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 817.1 square kilometers (315.5 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Znamenskoye.[1] Population: 5,016 (2010 Census);[3] 6,458 (2002 census);[6] 6,510 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Znamenskoye accounts for 33.9% of the district's total population.[3]
Znamensky District
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Orlovskoye Polesye National Park, Znamensky District | |
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 Location of Znamensky District in Oryol Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′N 35°41′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Oryol Oblast[1] |
| Established | 5 August 1929 |
| Administrative center | Znamenskoye[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 817.1 km2 (315.5 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,016 |
| • Density | 6.139/km2 (15.90/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 7 selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 94 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Znamensky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 54620000 |
| Website | http://admznamen.ru/ |
Geography
The main rivers in the district are the Nugr' and the Vytebet, a tributary of the Zhizdra. The district's average elevation above sea level is 216 meters (709 ft), with a high point of 255 meters (837 ft) and a low point of 176 meters (577 ft).
The Orlovskoye Polesye national park is partly located in the district.[8]
Notable people
People's Artist of the USSR Ivan Pereverzev (1914–1978) was born on the territory of modern district, in the now defunct village of Kuzminki.[9]