Sebezhsky District
Себежский район | |
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Coordinates: 56°17′N 28°29′E / 56.283°N 28.483°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Pskov Oblast[1] |
Established | 1 August 1927 |
Administrative center | Sebezh[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,100 km2 (1,200 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 21,674 |
• Density | 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi) |
• Urban | 65.7% |
• Rural | 34.3% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 1 cities/towns, 2 Urban-type settlements[5], 424 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Sebezhsky Municipal District[2] |
• Municipal divisions[2] | 3 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 58654000 |
Website | http://sebezh.reg60.ru/ |
Sebezhsky District (Russian: Се́бежский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders Rasony and Verkhnyadzvinsk Districts of Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus to the south; Zilupe, Ludza, and Cibla municipalities of Latvia to the west; Krasnogorodsky and Opochetsky Districts to the north; and Pustoshkinsky and Nevelsky Districts to the east. The area of the district is 3,100 square kilometers (1,200 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Sebezh.[2]
As of the 2010 Census, the population of Sebezh was 21,674, down from 25,473 in 2002 and 26,926 in 1989. Sebezh accounts for 29.4% of the district's total population.[7][4]