Palkinsky District

Palkinsky District
Палкинский район
Landscape in Palkinsky District
Landscape in Palkinsky District
Flag of Palkinsky District
Coat of arms of Palkinsky District
Map
Location of Palkinsky District in Pskov Oblast
Coordinates: 57°32′N 28°01′E / 57.533°N 28.017°E / 57.533; 28.017
CountryRussia
Federal subjectPskov Oblast[1]
Established1927Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerPalkino[2]
Area
 • Total
1,191.2 km2 (459.9 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
8,826
 • Density7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
 • Urban
33.1%
 • Rural
66.9%
Administrative structure
 • Inhabited localities[2]1 Urban-type settlements[5], 375 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asPalkinsky Municipal District[2]
 • Municipal divisions[2]1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID58637000
Websitehttp://palkino.reg60.ru

Palkinsky District (Russian: Па́лкинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Pskovsky District in the northwest, Ostrovsky District in the southeast, Pytalovsky District in the south, Viļaka and Alūksne Municipalities of Latvia in the southwest, and with Pechorsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,191.2 square kilometers (459.9 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Palkino.[2] Population: 8,826 (2010 Census);[4] 10,520 (2002 Census);[7] 12,392 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Palkino accounts for 33.1% 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 June 12, 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.