Country Russia Administrative center selo of Pirovskoye Rural localities 39 Area 6,242 km² | Federal subject Krasnoyarsk Krai selsoviet 10 Founded 4 April 1924 | |
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Pirovsky District (Russian: Пи́ровский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southewest of the krai and borders with Yeniseysky District in the north, Kazachinsky District in the east, Bolshemurtinsky District in the southeast and south, and with Birilyussky District in the west. The area of the district is 6,241 square kilometers (2,410 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Pirovskoye. Population: 7,572 (2010 Census); 9,150 (2002 Census); 11,861 (1989 Census). The population of Pirovskoye accounts for 39.7% of the district's total population.
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Map of Pirovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
History
The district was founded on April 4, 1924.
Government
As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Alexander I. Yevseyev.
Notable people
Russian revolutionary Mikhail Petrashevsky is buried on the district's territory.