Toropetsky District
municipal district in Tver Oblast, Russia
Toropetsky District (Russian: Торо́пецкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Kholmsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the north, Andreapolsky District in the east, Zapadnodvinsky District in the south, Kunyinsky District of Pskov Oblast in the southwest, Velikoluksky District of Pskov Oblast in the west, and with Loknyansky District of Pskov Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 3,373 square kilometers (1,302 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Toropets. Population: 20,526 (2010 Census); 25,235 (2002 census); 31,228 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Toropets accounts for 63.4% of the district's total population.
Geography
The area of the district is divided between the drainage basins of the Kunya River (a tributary of the Lovat River) and the Daugava River, known in Russia as the Western Dvina. It thus fully belongs to the drainage basin of the Baltic Sea. The rivers in the northern part of the district flow to the Kunya, which itself crosses the district. The principal tributaries of the Kunya within the district are the Oka and the Serezha (both right).
“Toropetsky District” enters the record as municipal district in Tver Oblast, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Toropetsky, District and municipal can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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