Dmitriyevsky District
municipal district in Kursk Oblast, Russia
Dmitriyevsky District (Russian: Дми́триевский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,270 square kilometers (490 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Dmitriyev. Population: 13,936 (2021 census); 18,088 (2010 census); 22,420 (2002 Census); 31,206 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Dmitriyev accounts for 45.3% of the district's total population.
Geography
Dmitriyevsky District is located in the northwest of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Bryansk Oblast to the north. The terrain is hilly plain dissected by ravines; there are 81 rivers and streams in the district, which lies on the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Svapa River, which flows southwest into the Seym River. The district is 65 km northwest of the city of Kursk, and 420 km southwest of Moscow The area measures 51 km (north-south), and 53 km (west-east).
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