Sebezhsky District

Sebezhsky District
Себежский район
Flag of Sebezhsky District
Coat of arms of Sebezhsky District
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Location of Sebezhsky District in Pskov Oblast
Coordinates: 56°17′N 28°29′E / 56.283°N 28.483°E / 56.283; 28.483
CountryRussia
Federal subjectPskov Oblast[1]
Established1 August 1927Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerSebezh[2]
Area
 • Total3,100 km2 (1,200 sq mi)
Population
 • Total21,674
 • Density7.0/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 asSebezhsky Municipal District[2]
 • Municipal divisions[2]3 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID58654000
Websitehttp://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]

  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 15, 2012.
  4. ^ 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.
  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).