Kursky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (

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), one of the twenty-eight in

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kursk. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a pop ...

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. It is located in the center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Kursk Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of Kursk ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 56,494 ( 2002 Census);

Geography

Kursky District is located in the center of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the

Central Russian Upland The Central Russian Upland (also: Middle Russian Upland () and East European Upland) is an upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of . Its highest peak is measured at . The southeastern porti ...

. The main river in the district is the

Seym River The Seym or Seim (; ) is a river that flows westward in Russia and Ukraine. It is long (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about . It is the largest tributary of the Desna (river), Desna. Places on the river include Kursk, Kurchatov, Rus ...

, which flows east to west through the district, joining the

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in Ukraine. The district surrounds the city of

, which is the administrative center of Kursky District, but not part of it. The district is 430 km southwest of

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. The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 50 km (west-east). The district is bordered on the north by Zolotukhinsky District, on the east by

Shchigrovsky District Shchigrovsky District () 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. The area of the district is . Its administrative cen ...

, on the south by

Medvensky District Medvensky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its admin ...

, and on the west by Oktyabrsky District.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kursky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast. The city of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kursky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Kursk is incorporated separately from the district as Kursk Urban Okrug.

Administrative division of the district

The district is divided into 17 administrative units (selsoviets): There are 191 rural localities within the district, including 4 unpopulated ones:

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External links

Kursky District on Google MapsKursky District on OpenStreetMap
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