En Name: | Sychyovsky District |
Ru Name: | Сычёвский район |
Image View: | Vazuza, Chlepen.jpg |
Coordinates: | 56.0667°N 88°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Sychyovka (Smolensk oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Smolensk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | June 2014 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Sychyovka |
Town Of District Significance Type: | Urban settlements |
No Of Towns Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural settlements |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 11 |
No Of Cities Towns: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 131 |
Mun Data As Of: | June 2015 |
Mun Formation1: | Sychyovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 4 |
Area Of What: | administrative district |
Area As Of: | June 2014 |
Area Km2: | 1803.90 |
Pop 2010Census: | 14158 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 57.3% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 42.7% |
Website: | http://sichevka-adm.ru |
Date: | May 2013 |
Sychyovsky District (ru|Сычёвский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1803.9km2. Its administrative center is the town of Sychyovka. Population: 14,158 (2010 Census); The population of Sychyovka accounts for 57.3% of the district's total population.
The western part of Sychyovsky District is a highland where sources of several rivers are located, including one of the Dnieper in the western tip of the district. Northwestern tip of the district belongs to the Western Dvina (Daugava) basin, while the rest (mostly Sychyovka lowland) drains into the Volga via the Vazuza River; some territories were flooded when a reservoir was built.
Thus, the Mediterranean–Atlantic–Caspian tripoint of the European Watershed lies there. In other words, Sychyovsky District is the eastern terminus of the Atlantic–Mediterranean watershed in Europe.