Luzhsky District
| Luzhsky District Лужский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Luzhsky District in Leningrad Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 58°44′N 29°51′E / 58.733°N 29.850°ECoordinates: 58°44′N 29°51′E / 58.733°N 29.850°E | |
 Welcome sign at the entrance to Luzhsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of May 2012) | |
| Administrative center | town of Luga |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| settlement municipal formation | 13 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 346 |
| Municipal structure (as of May 2010) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Luzhsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 2 |
| Rural settlements | 13 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,006.44 km2 (2,319.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 40,166 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 8.0% |
| • Rural | 92.0% |
| Density | 6.69/km2 (17.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Luzhsky District (Russian: Лу́жский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Gatchinsky District in the north, Tosnensky District in the northeast, Novgorodsky and Batetsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast in the southeast, Shimsky District, also of Novgorod Oblast, in the south, Plyussky District of Pskov Oblast in the southwest, Slantsevsky District in the west, and Volosovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 6,006.44 square kilometers (2,319.10 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Luga. Population (excluding the administrative center): 40,166 (2010 Census); 41,885 (2002 Census);48,721 (1989 Census).
The area of the district is mostly flat with altitudes ranging from 0 to 100 meters (0 to 328 ft) above sea level. Almost the whole area of the district belongs to the basin of the Luga River, a tributary of the Gulf of Finland. The main tributaries of the Luga within the district are the Oredezh (right), the Saba (left), and the Yashchera (right). Some areas in the south and the southwest of the district belong to the river basin of the Plyussa River, a righ tributary of the Narva, and rivers in the minor areas in the east of the district drain into the Tosna River, a left tributary of the Neva. There are many lakes in the district, the most significant of them being Lakes Vyale, Vrevo, and Cheremenetskoye.
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