Rzhevsky District

Rzhevsky District
Ржевский район (Russian)

Location of Rzhevsky District in Tver Oblast
Coordinates: 56°15′56″N 34°19′39″E / 56.26556°N 34.32750°ECoordinates: 56°15′56″N 34°19′39″E / 56.26556°N 34.32750°E
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Tver Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of 2013)
Administrative center town of Rzhev[1]
Administrative divisions:[2]
Rural settlements 7
Inhabited localities:[2]
Rural localities 389
Municipal structure (as of March 2013)
Municipally incorporated as Rzhevsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[4]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 7
Statistics
Area 2,760 km2 (1,070 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 12,480 inhabitants[5]
- Urban 0%
- Rural 100%
Density 4.52/km2 (11.7/sq mi)[6]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[7]
Official website
Rzhevsky District on WikiCommons

Rzhevsky District (Russian: Рже́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,760 square kilometers (1,070 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Rzhev[1] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[8] Population: 12,480 (2010 Census);[5] 14,674(2002 Census);[9] 17,664(1989 Census).[10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rzhevsky District is one of the thirty-six in the oblast.[1] The town of Rzhev serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[8]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Rzhevsky Municipal District.[4] Rzhev Okrug is incorporated separately from the district as Rzhev Urban Okrug.[3]

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 28 248», в ред. изменения №243/2014 от 18 апреля 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 28 248, as amended by the Amendment #243/2014 of April 18, 2014. ).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Law #34-ZO stipulates that the borders of the administrative divisions of the district match those of the municipal formations the corresponding municipal district is subdivided into. Law #43-ZO contains the list of the municipal formations of Rzhevsky Municipal District. The counts of inhabited localities are per OKATO.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Law #4-ZO
  4. 4.0 4.1 Law #43-ZO
  5. 5.0 5.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  8. 8.0 8.1 Law #34-ZO
  9. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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