Kuznetsky District Кузнецкий район (Russian) |
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Location of Kuznetsky District in Penza Oblast |
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Coordinates: 53°07′N 46°36′E / 53.117°N 46.600°ECoordinates: 53°07′N 46°36′E / 53.117°N 46.600°E | |
Museum of Radishchev. Transfiguration Church. XVIII century, Kuznetsky District |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Penza Oblast |
Administrative structure (as of December 2012) | |
Administrative center | town of Kuznetsk |
Administrative divisions: | |
Work settlements | 2 |
Selsoviets | 11 |
Inhabited localities: | |
Urban-type settlements | 2 |
Rural localities | 52 |
Municipal structure (as of October 2012) | |
Municipally incorporated as | Kuznetsky Municipal District |
Municipal divisions: | |
Urban settlements | 2 |
Rural settlements | 11 |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,090 km2 (810 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | 38,056 inhabitants |
• Urban | 17.9% |
• Rural | 82.1% |
Density | 18.21/km2 (47.2/sq mi) |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Kuznetsky District (Russian: Кузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,090 square kilometers (810 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 38,056 (2010 Census);41,712 (2002 Census);41,597 (1989 Census).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast. The town of Kuznetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kuznetsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated separately from the district as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.