Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast
| Rudnyansky District Руднянский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Rudnyansky District in Smolensk Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 54°48′33″N 30°45′02″E / 54.80917°N 30.75056°ECoordinates: 54°48′33″N 30°45′02″E / 54.80917°N 30.75056°E | |
 Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, 18th century, in the village of Lyubavichi. |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of February 2013) | |
| Administrative center | town of Rudnya |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Urban settlements (towns) | 1 |
| Urban settlements (urban-type settlements) | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 8 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 210 |
| Municipal structure (as of November 2011) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Rudnyansky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 2 |
| Rural settlements | 8 |
| Statistics | |
| Area (administrative district) (February 2013) | 2,111.41 km2 (815.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 25,244 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 53.9% |
| • Rural | 46.1% |
| Density | 11.96/km2 (31.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Rudnyansky District (Russian: Рудня́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west and northwest of the oblast and borders with Velizhsky District in the north, Demidovsky District in the northeast, Smolensky District in the east, Krasnensky District in the south, and with Vitebsk, Liozna, and Dubrowna Districts of Vitebsk Region of Belarus in the west. The area of the district is 2,111.41 square kilometers (815.22 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Rudnya. Population: 25,244 (2010 Census);28,037 (2002 Census);34,724 (1989 Census). The population of Rudnya accounts for 39.7% of the district's total population.
The area of the district is elongated north to south and is split between grainage basing of the Western Dvina (north) and the Dnieper (south). The biggest tributary of the Wester Dvina within the district is the Kasplya River, which crosses the northern part of the district from east to west; its major left tributary is the Rutovech River. Rivers in the southern part of the district flow to the Dnieper. The largest tributary of the Dnieper in the district is the Malaya Berezina River.
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