Lotoshinsky District

Lotoshinsky District
Лотошинский район (Russian)

Location of Lotoshinsky District in Moscow Oblast (before July 2012)
Coordinates: 56°13′48″N 35°38′12″E / 56.23000°N 35.63667°E / 56.23000; 35.63667Coordinates: 56°13′48″N 35°38′12″E / 56.23000°N 35.63667°E / 56.23000; 35.63667
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of January 2013)
Administrative center work settlement of Lotoshino[1]
Administrative divisions:[2]
Work settlements 1
Rural settlements 2
Inhabited localities:[2]
Urban-type settlements[3] 1
Rural localities 123
Municipal structure (as of July 2010)
Municipally incorporated as Lotoshinsky Municipal District[4]
Municipal divisions:[4]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 2
Statistics
Area (municipal district) (July 2010) 979.57 km2 (378.21 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 17,859 inhabitants[5]
 Urban 31.1%
 Rural 68.9%
Density 18.23/km2 (47.2/sq mi)[6]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[7]
Established 1929
Official website
Lotoshinsky District on WikiCommons

Lotoshinsky District (Russian: Лотоши́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Tver Oblast in the north and west, Volokolamsky District in the southeast, Shakhovskoy District in the southwest, and with Klinsky District in the east. The area of the district is 979.57 square kilometers (378.21 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Lotoshino.[1] Population: 17,859 (2010 Census);[5] 18,337(2002 Census);[8] 18,290(1989 Census).[9] The population of Lotoshino accounts for 31.1% of the district's total population.[5]

Geography

About 40% of the district's territory is covered by forests. Major rivers flowing through the district include the Lama and the Lob.

History

The district was created in 1929.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Law #11/2013-OZ
  2. 1 2 Resolution #123-PG
  3. The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #59/2005-OZ
  5. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  8. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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