En Name: | Oktyabrsky District |
Ru Name: | Октябрьский район |
Image View: | Танк в Прямицыно.jpg |
Coordinates: | 51.65°N 90°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Oktyabrsky rayon (Kursk oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2013 |
Adm Ctr Type: | work settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Pryamitsyno |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Work settlements |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 10 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 92 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Oktyabrsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 10 |
Area Km2: | 628 |
Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
Pop 2010Census: | 22569 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 22.6% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 77.4% |
Website: | http://oktiabr.rkursk.ru/ |
Date: | August 2011 |
Oktyabrsky District (ru|Октя́брьский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 628km2.[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Pryamitsyno. Population: 23,877 (2002 Census); The population of Pryamitsyno accounts for 22.4% of the district's total population.
Oktyabrsky District is located in the central region of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain onthe Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Seym River (which from the district flows west to the Dnieper basin) and the Bolshaya Kuritsa, a minor tributary of the Seym. The district is 10 km west of the city of Kursk and 460 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 15 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Pryamitsyno.[1]
The district is bordered on the north by Fatezhsky District, on the east by Kursky District, on the south by Medvensky District, and on the west by Kurchatovsky District.