Plavsky District (russian: Пла́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-three in
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is part of the Central Federal District, covering ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #954-ZTO] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Plavsky Municipal District.
[Law #538-ZTO] It is located in the southwestern central part of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
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 is located.
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
Plavsk
Plavsk (russian: Плавск) is a town and the administrative center of Plavsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Plava River. Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, ...
.
Population: 27,778 (
2010 Census);
The population of Plavsk accounts for 58.2% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tula Oblast