Bezhanitsky District

Bezhanitsky District
Бежаницкий район
Bezhanitskaya Upland in Bezhanitsky District
Bezhanitskaya Upland in Bezhanitsky District
Flag of Bezhanitsky District
Coat of arms of Bezhanitsky District
Map
Location of Bezhanitsky District in Pskov Oblast
Coordinates: 56°58′N 29°53′E / 56.967°N 29.883°E / 56.967; 29.883
CountryRussia
Federal subjectPskov Oblast[1]
Established1927Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerBezhanitsy[2]
Area
 • Total
3,535 km2 (1,365 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
13,264
 • Density3.8/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
 • Urban
40.4%
 • Rural
59.6%
Administrative structure
 • Inhabited localities[2]2 Urban-type settlements[5], 466 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asBezhanitsky Municipal District[2]
 • Municipal divisions[2]1 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID58604000
Websitehttp://bezhanicy.reg60.ru/

Bezhanitsky District (Russian: Бежа́ницкий райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the oblast and borders with Dedovichsky District in the north, Poddorsky and Kholmsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast in the east, Loknyansky District in the south, Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky, and Opochetsky Districts in the southwest, and with Novorzhevsky District in the west. The area of the district is 3,535 square kilometers (1,365 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Bezhanitsy.[2] Population: 13,264 (2010 Census);[4] 17,547 (2002 Census);[7] 22,784 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Bezhanitsy accounts for 32.7% of the district's total population.[4]

  1. ^ a b Law #833-oz
  2. ^ a b c d e f Law #420-oz
  3. ^ a b О районе (in Russian). Портал муниципальных образований Псковской области. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.