Yelninsky District
Ельнинский район | |
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Coordinates: 54°34′N 33°10′E / 54.567°N 33.167°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast[1] |
Established | 1929 |
Administrative center | Yelnya[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,808.15 km2 (698.13 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 14,948 |
• Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
• Urban | 67.5% |
• Rural | 32.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 10 Rural settlements |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 170 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Yelninsky Municipal District[3] |
• Municipal divisions[3] | 1 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [4]) |
OKTMO ID | 66619000 |
Website | http://elnya-admin.admin-smolensk.ru/ |
Yelninsky District (Russian: Ельнинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Dorogobuzhsky District in the north, Ugransky District in the east, Spas-Demensky District of Kaluga Oblast in the southeast, Roslavlsky District in the south, Pochinkovsky District in the west, and with Glinkovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,808.15 square kilometers (698.13 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the town of Yelnya.[1] Population: 14,948 (2010 Census);[2] 17,457 (2002 Census);[5] 19,699 (1989 Soviet census).[6] The population of Yelnya accounts for 67.5% of the district's total population.[2]