Plavsk (russian: Плавск) is a
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 ...
and the
administrative center
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of
Plavsky District
Plavsky District (russian: Пла́вский 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 Plavsky Municipal District.Law #538-ZTO ...
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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, located on the
Plava River. Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Plavsk serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Plavsky District
Plavsky District (russian: Пла́вский 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 Plavsky Municipal District.Law #538-ZTO ...
.
[Law #954-ZTO] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Plavsky District as Plavsk
Town Under District Jurisdiction.
[Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. ]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 the town of Plavsk as a part of Plavsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district. As a
municipal division, Plavsk Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Plavsky Municipal District as Plavsk Urban Settlement.
[Law #538-ZTO]
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Cities and towns in Tula Oblast