Shchigrovsky District (Russian: Щигро́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] 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 1,220 square kilometers (470 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Shchigry (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 9,470 (2021 Census);[7] 11,994 (2010 Russian census);[3] 15,099 (2002 Census);[8] 18,072 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Shchigrovsky District
Щигровский район | |
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Coordinates: 51°52′N 36°56′E / 51.867°N 36.933°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kursk Oblast[1] |
Established | 16 July 1928 |
Administrative center | Shchigry[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,220 km2 (470 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 11,994 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 9,975 (−16.8%) |
• Density | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 18 selsoviet |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 167 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Shchigrovsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 18 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 38650000 |
Website | http://shigry.rkursk.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchigrovsky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast.[1] The town of Shchigry serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shchigrovsky Municipal District.[5] The town of oblast significance of Shchigry is incorporated separately from the district as Shchigry Urban Okrug.[5]