Dmitriyevsky District (russian: Дми́триевский райо́н) is an administrative
[Resolution #489] and municipal
[Law #48-ZKO] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
twenty-eight in
Kursk Oblast
Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. As of the 2010 Census, Kursk Oblast has a populati ...
,
Russia
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. 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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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Dmitriyev
Dmitriyev or Dmitriev (russian: Дми́триев) is a common Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Dmitry and literally means ''Dmitry's''. It may refer to:
* Aleksandr Dmitriyev (conductor) (born 1935), Russian conductor
* Al ...
.
Population: 22,420 (
2002 Census);
The population of Dmitriyev accounts for 45.3% of the district's total population.
Geography
Dmitriyevsky District is located in the northwest of Kursk Oblast, on the border with
Bryansk Oblast
Bryansk Oblast (russian: Бря́нская о́бласть, ''Bryanskaya oblast''), also known as Bryanshchina (russian: Брянщина, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. As of th ...
to the north. The terrain is hilly plain dissected by ravines; there are 81 rivers and streams in the district, which lies on the
Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the
Svapa River, which flows southwest into the
Seym River
The Seim (also transcribed as Seym and Sejm, in ; ) is a west-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. Its length is (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about . It is the largest tributary of the Desna.
Places on the river are: Kursk, Kurch ...
. The district is 65 km northwest of the city of
Kursk
Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German stru ...
, and 420 km southwest of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
The area measures 51 km (north-south), and 53 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Dmitriev.
The district is bordered on the north by
Komarichsky District
Komarichsky District (russian: Кома́ричский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #13-Z and municipalLaw #3-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area o ...
and
Sevsky District
Sevsky District (russian: Се́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #13-Z and municipalLaw #3-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the distric ...
of Bryansk Oblast, on the east by
Zheleznogorsky District
Zheleznogorsky District (russian: Железного́рский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast ...
, on the south by
Konyshyovsky District
Konyshyovsky District (russian: Конышёвский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwestern central part of ...
, and on the west by
Khomutovsky District
Khomutovsky District (russian: Хомуто́вский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area ...
.
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External links
Dmitriyevsky District on Google MapsDmitriyevsky District on OpenStreetMap
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Districts of Kursk Oblast