Starodubsky District (Russian: Староду́бский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,760 square kilometers (680 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Starodub[1] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[5] Population: 35,404 (2021 Census);[7] 40,414 (2010 Russian census);[3] 44,573 (2002 Census);[8] 51,326 (1989 Soviet census) .[9] The population of Starodub accounts for 50.0% of the district's total population.[7]
Starodubsky District
Стародубский район | |
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Coordinates: 52°35′N 32°46′E / 52.583°N 32.767°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Bryansk Oblast[1] |
Established | 1 October 1929 |
Administrative center | Starodub[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,760 km2 (680 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 40,414 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 18,750 (−53.6%) |
• Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
• Urban | 47.0% |
• Rural | 53.0% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 10 Rural administrative okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[5] | 149 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Starodubsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
Website | http://adminstarrayon.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Starodubsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast.[1] The town of Starodub serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban administrative okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Starodubsky Municipal District.[6] Starodub Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated separately from the district as Starodub Urban Okrug.[6]