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

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), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast,

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. It is located in the northern central part of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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of Kondrovo. Population: 61,159 ( 2002 Census); The population of Kondrovo accounts for 27.9% of the district's total population.

Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, the district is not divided into smaller units and has direct jurisdiction over 1 town (Kondrovo), 3 settlements of urban type, and 163 rural localities. Municipally, the territory of the district is incorporated as Dzerzhinsky Municipal District.

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