Shatursky District

Shatursky District
Шатурский район (Russian)

Location of Shatursky District in Moscow Oblast (before July 2012)
Coordinates: 55°34′N 39°32′E / 55.567°N 39.533°E / 55.567; 39.533Coordinates: 55°34′N 39°32′E / 55.567°N 39.533°E / 55.567; 39.533
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of January 2013)
Administrative center town of Shatura[1]
Administrative divisions:[2]
Towns 1
Work settlements 2
Rural settlements 4
Inhabited localities:[2]
Cities/towns 1
Urban-type settlements[3] 2
Rural localities 184
Municipal structure (as of July 2010)
Municipally incorporated as Shatursky Municipal District[4]
Municipal divisions:[4]
Urban settlements 3
Rural settlements 4
Statistics
Area (municipal district) (July 2010) 2,640.15 km2 (1,019.37 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 72,087 inhabitants[5]
 Urban 54.9%
 Rural 45.1%
Density 27.3/km2 (71/sq mi)[6]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[7]
Official website
Shatursky District on WikiCommons

Shatursky District (Russian: Шату́рский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,640.15 square kilometers (1,019.37 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the town of Shatura.[1] Population: 72,087 (2010 Census);[5] 70,967(2002 Census);[8] 73,521(1989 Census).[9] The population of Shatura accounts for 45.6% of the district's total population.[5]

Ecology

Shatura bus station in winter

Just like in all of the Meshchera Lowlands, the district contains many forests, rivers, lakes, and swamps. Its forests are mostly coniferous and pine, and occupy about 45% of the total territory of the district.

There are about forty-eight different lakes located within the district, including Svyatoye, Muromskoye, Velikoye, Karasevo, Spasskoye, Torbeyevskoye, Dolgoye, Glubokoye, and Dubovoye. There are also six different rivers that pass through its territory.

Fires occur often in the district during summer. The most memorable ones were in 1972 and 2002.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Law #11/2013-OZ
  2. 1 2 Resolution #123-PG
  3. The count of urban-type settlements includes the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #28/2005-OZ
  5. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  8. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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