Mtsensky District (russian: Мце́нский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #522-OZ] and municipal
[Law #434-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-four in
Oryol Oblast
Oryol Oblast (russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, ''Orlovskaya oblast''), also known as Orlovshchina (russian: Орловщина) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is th ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the north of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
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
Mtsensk
Mtsensk (russian: Мценск) is a town in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Zusha River (a tributary of the Oka) northeast of Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 28,000 (1970).
History
It was first mentioned in ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 19,233 (
2010 Census);
Geography
Within the Oryol Oblast the Mtsensk District borders:
* the
Bolkhovsky District
Bolkhovsky District (russian: Бо́лховский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #522-OZ and municipalLaw #464-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the ...
(to the north-west)
* the
Orlovsky District (to the south-west)
* the
Zalegoshchensky District
Zalegoshchensky District (russian: Залегощенский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #522-OZ and municipalLaw #424-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The a ...
(to the south)
* the
Novosilsky District
Novosilsky District (russian: Новосильский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #522-OZ and municipalLaw #425-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area ...
(to the south-east)
* the
Korsakovsky District (to the east)
The
Chernsky District
Chernsky District (russian: Че́рнский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Chernsky Municipal District.Law #546-Z ...
of
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 ...
lies north of the Mtsensk District.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Mtsensky District is one of the
twenty-four in the oblast.
The town of
Mtsensk
Mtsensk (russian: Мценск) is a town in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Zusha River (a tributary of the Oka) northeast of Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 28,000 (1970).
History
It was first mentioned in ...
serves as its
administrative center
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, despite being incorporated separately as a
town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mtsensky Municipal District.
The town of oblast significance of Mtsensk is incorporated separately from the district as Mtsensk Urban Okrug.
[Law #435-OZ]
References
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Districts of Oryol Oblast