Belyovsky District Белёвский район (Russian) |
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Location of Belyovsky District in Tula Oblast |
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Coordinates: 53°48′N 36°08′E / 53.800°N 36.133°ECoordinates: 53°48′N 36°08′E / 53.800°N 36.133°E | |
Ruins of a church in the selo of Temryan in Belyovsky District |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Tula Oblast |
Administrative structure (as of April 2010) | |
Administrative center | town of Belyov |
Administrative divisions: | |
Towns under district jurisdiction | 1 |
Rural okrugs | 16 |
Inhabited localities: | |
Cities/towns | 1 |
Rural localities | 170 |
Municipal structure (as of July 2010) | |
Municipally incorporated as | Belyovsky Municipal District |
Municipal divisions: | |
Urban settlements | 1 |
Rural settlements | 4 |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,190 km2 (460 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | 20,952 inhabitants |
• Urban | 66.4% |
• Rural | 33.6% |
Density | 17.61/km2 (45.6/sq mi) |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Belyovsky District (Russian: Белёвский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia. Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Belyovsky Municipal District. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,190 square kilometers (460 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Belyov. Population: 20,952 (2010 Census);24,912 (2002 Census);30,124 (1989 Census). The population of Belyov accounts for 66.4% of the district's total population.
Belyovsky District is located in the west of Tula Oblast, on hilly terrain in the central Russian Plain. The district is 80 km southwest of the city of Tula, and about 200 km southwest of Moscow. A highway runs directly from the district's central city of Belyov to the city of Tula, and another highway runs north-south through the middle of the district along the Oka River. The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 42.5 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Belyov.
The district is bordered on the north by Suvorovsky District, on the east by Odoyevsky District, on the south by Arsenyevsky District, and on the west by Kozelsky District (Kaluga Oblast), Ulyanovsky District) (Kaluga Oblast), and Bolkhovsky District (Oryol Oblast).