Aleksinsky District (russian: Але́ксинский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-three in
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is p ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #954-ZTO] It is located in the northwest of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Aleksin
Aleksin (russian: Але́ксин) is a town and the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It was founded at the end of th ...
.
Population: 74,326 (
2010 Census);
The population of Aleksin accounts for 83.1% of the district's total population.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Aleksinsky District is one of the
twenty-three in the oblast.
The town of
Aleksin
Aleksin (russian: Але́ксин) is a town and the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It was founded at the end of th ...
serves as its
administrative center
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.
As a
municipal division, the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—Aleksin Urban Okrug,
[Law #2140-ZTO] to which the town of Aleksin and 154 of the administrative district's rural localities belong,
OKATO
Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative DivisionThe English name of the document is given per the English title included on the document's first page. (russian: Общеросси́йский классифика́тор объе́кт ...
lists 1 town, 1 work settlement, and 154 rural localities in Aleksinsky District. The town of Aleksin and 154 rural localities are listed as a part of Aleksin Urban Okrug in Law #2140-ZTO. and Novogurovsky Urban Okrug,
[Law #554-ZTO] which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the work settlement of
Novogurovsky.
[OKATO lists 1 town, 1 work settlement, and 154 rural localities in Aleksinsky District. The work settlement of Novogurovsky is listed as a part of Novogurovsky Urban Okrug in Law #554-ZTO.]
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Districts of Tula Oblast