Spas-Demensky District
human settlement in Russia
Spas-Demensky District (Russian: Спас-Де́менский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,369 square kilometers (529 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Spas-Demensk. As of the 2021 Census, the total population of the district was 7,369, with the population of Spas-Demensk accounting for 62.0% of that number.
History
The district was established in 1929 within Sukhinichi Okrug of Western Oblast from a part of former Mosalsky Uyezd. It became a part of Kaluga Oblast on July 5, 1944.
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Законодательное Собрание Калужской области. №473 27 марта 1996 г. «Устав Калужской области», в ред.
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