Country Russia Administrative center town of Fatezh Selsoviets 21 Area 1,282 km² | Federal subject Kursk Oblast Towns of district significance 1 Cities/towns 1 Founded 1928 | |
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Fatezhsky District (Russian: Фате́жский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,281 square kilometers (495 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Fatezh. Population: 18,885 (2010 Census); 23,194 (2002 Census); 29,745 (1989 Census). The population of Fatezh accounts for 28.6% of the district's total population.
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Map of Fatezhsky District, Kurskaya Oblast, Russia
Geography
Fatezhsky District is located in the north of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Oryol Oblast to the north. The terrain is hilly plain averaging 200 meters above sea level; the district lies on the area of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Svapa River, which flows south to the Seym River. The district is 30 km northeast of the city of Kursk, and 425 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 45 km (north-south), and 35 km (west-east); total area is 1,290 km2 (4.3% of Kursk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Fatezh.
The district is bordered on the north by Trosnyansky District of Oryol Oblast, on the east by Zolotukhinsky District, on the south by Kursky District, and on the west by Zheleznogorsky District.