Loknyansky District
| Loknyansky District Локнянский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Loknyansky District in Pskov Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 56°50′N 30°09′E / 56.833°N 30.150°ECoordinates: 56°50′N 30°09′E / 56.833°N 30.150°E | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of April 2011) | |
| Administrative center | work settlement of Loknya |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 276 |
| Municipal structure (as of April 2011) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Loknyansky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 6 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,412 km2 (931 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 9,535 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 40.6% |
| • Rural | 59.4% |
| Density | 3.95/km2 (10.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Loknyansky District (Russian: Локнянский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Kholmsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the northeast, Toropetsky District of Tver Oblast in the southeast, Velikoluksky District in the south, Novosokolnichesky District in the southwest, and with Bezhanitsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,412 square kilometers (931 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Loknya. Population: 9,535 (2010 Census); 13,268 (2002 Census);16,782 (1989 Census). The population of Loknya accounts for 40.6% of the district's total population.
The district is elongated from west to east. The northeastern part is occupied by swamps and is hardly populated. A part of it belongs to the Polistovsky Nature Reserve, one of the first wetland preserves in Russia, founded in 1994. It was created to protect the raised bog landscapes of the Polist-Lovat Swamp System.
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