Country Russia Work settlements 1 Urban-type settlements 1 Founded 30 July 1928 | Federal subject Kursk Oblast Selsoviets 16 Area 871.8 km² | |
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Administrative center work settlement of Korenevo | ||
Korenevsky District (Russian: Кореневский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 873 square kilometers (337 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Korenevo. Population: 18,294 (2010 Census); 21,474 (2002 Census); 23,183 (1989 Census). The population of Korenevo accounts for 33.4% of the district's total population.
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Map of Korenevsky District, Kurskaya Oblast, Russia
Geography
Korenevsky District is located in the southwest of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Ukraine. The terrain is hilly plain; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Seym River, tributary of the Desna River which flows west through Ukraine to the Dnieper River. The district is 65 km southwest of the city of Kursk and 480 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 25 km (west-east); total area is 1,135 km2 (3.8% of Kursk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Korenevo.
The district is bordered on the north by Rylsky District, on the east by Lgovsky District, on the south by Sumy Raion of Ukraine, and on the west by Glushkovsky District.