Khotynetsky District (Russian: Хотыне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia.
Khotynetsky District
Хотынецкий район | |
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 Resort hotel in Orlovsky Forest, Khotynetsky | |
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 Location of Khotynetsky District in Oryol Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°07′48″N 35°24′00″E / 53.13000°N 35.40000°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Oryol Oblast[1] |
| Established | 21 August 1939 |
| Administrative center | Khotynets[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 800 km2 (300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,183 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 38.0% |
| • Rural | 62.0% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 8 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 Urban-type settlements[4], 91 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Khotynetsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 54657000 |
| Website | http://www.hot-adm.ru/ |
The area of the district is 800 square kilometers (310 sq mi).[2]
Its administrative center is an urban-type settlement of Khotynets.[1]
Population: 9,376 (est. 2018).
Geography
editLocation
editKhotynetsky District located in the Central Russian Upland of the East European Plain, it is in the northwest of the oblast.
Borders with Khvastovichsky District (Kaluga Oblast) in the north, Znamensky District in the nord-east, Uritsky District in the south-east, Shablykinsky District in the south-west, and with Karachevsky District (Bryansk Oblast) in the west.
Climate
editDistrict has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification — Dfb). Winters are moderately cold and changeable. The first half is softer second with often warmings. Summers is warm, in separate years — could be rainy or hot and droughty.
Demographics
edit| 1959 Census | 25 288 |
|---|---|
| 1970 Census | 32 818 |
| 1979 Census | 22 852 |
| 1989 Census | 13 032 |
| 2002 Census | 12 098 |
| 2010 Census | 10 183 |
| Estimate 2018 | 9 376 |
According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in January 2018 the number of residents came to 9 376. It is the 17th place among 24 districts of Oryol oblast for 2018.
The population of the administrative center accounts for 40.05% of the district's total population.[3]
Largest ethnic group is Russians.
Transportation
editAutomotive
editImportant highways of federal and regional values:
R 120- 54K-3
- 54K-18
Railway
editOn the territory of the Khotynetsky District is the historical Oryol-Vitebsk Railway.
Pipeline
editThrough Khotynetsky District laid the Druzhba oil pipeline.
Landmarks
editThe pearl of the Khotynetsky District is the national park «Orlovskoye Polesye».
Notable residents
edit- Alexei Badayev (1883–1951), Soviet politician, nominal head of RSFSR under Stalin; born in Yuryevo
- Gennady Zyuganov (born 1944), politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation; born in the village of Mymrino
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e Law #522-OZ
- ^ a b "General Information" (in Russian). Khotynetsky District. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Law #432-OZ
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
Sources
edit- Орловский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №522-ОЗ от 6 июля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Орловской области», в ред. Закона №1187-ОЗ от 1 апреля 2011 г «О внесении изменений в законодательные акты Орловской области». Вступил в силу с момента официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Орловская правда", №116, 13 июля 2005 г. (Oryol Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #522-OZ of July 6, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Oryol Oblast, as amended by the Law #1187-OZ of April 1, 2011 On Amending the Legislative Acts of Oryol Oblast. Effective as of the moment of the official publication.).
- Орловский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №432-ОЗ от 25 октября 2004 г. «О статусе, границах и административных центрах муниципальных образований на территории Хотынецкого района Орловской области», в ред. Закона №1719-ОЗ от 8 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Орловской области "О статусе, границах и административных центрах муниципальных образований на территории Хотынецкого района Орловской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Орловская правда", №196, 30 октября 2004 г. (Oryol Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #432-OZ of October 25, 2004 On the Status, Borders, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Khotynetsky District of Oryol Oblast, as amended by the Law #1719-OZ of December 8, 2014 On Amending the Law of Oryol Oblast "On the Status, Borders, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Khotynetsky District of Oryol Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).