Work settlements 1 Urban-type settlements 1 Founded 1970 | Selsoviets 15 Area 1,080 km² | |
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Administrative center work settlement of Medvenka | ||
Medvensky District (Russian: Ме́двенский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,090 square kilometers (420 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Medvenka. Population: 16,558 (2010 Census); 19,220 (2002 Census); 21,528 (1989 Census). The population of Medvenka accounts for 26.6% of the district's total population.
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Map of Medvensky District, Kurskaya Oblast, Russia
Geography
Medvensky District is located in the south central region of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the Central Russian Upland. There are no major rivers through the district. The district is 15 km south of the city of Kursk and 480 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 25 km (north-south), and 50 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Medvenka.
The district is bordered on the north by Kursky District, on the east by Solntsevsky District, on the south by Oboyansky District, and on the west by Bolshesoldatsky District.