Babyninsky District (russian: Бабы́нинский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Kaluga Oblast and municipalLaw #7-OZ district (

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), one of the twenty-four in

Kaluga Oblast Kaluga Oblast (russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, translit=Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2021 Russian Census found a population of 1,069,904. G ...

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. It is located in the center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a settlement) of Babynino. Population: 22,143 ( 2002 Census); The population of Babynino accounts for 18.5% of the district's total population.

Geography

Babyninsky District is located in the center of Kaluga Oblast, on flat terrain. The district is immediately west of the city of Kaluga, and about 180 km southwest of

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. The M3 Moscow-Ukraine Highway runs diagonally through the middle of the district, and the Old Smolensk Road runs across the north. The area measures 35 km (north-south), and 35 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Babynino. The district is bordered on the north by Yukhnovsky District, on the east by Peremyshlsky District and the city of Kaluga, on the south by

Kozelsky District Kozelsky District (russian: Козе́льский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Kaluga Oblast and municipalLaw #7-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. ...

, and on the west by

Meshchovsky District Meshchovsky District (russian: Мещо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Kaluga Oblast, Article 4 and municipalLaw #354-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center ...

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