Zheleznogorsky District Железногорский район
District
Artesian spring, Zheleznogorsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Zheleznogorsky District in Kursk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°20′N 35°22′E / 52.333°N 35.367°E / 52.333; 35.367
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kursk Oblast[1]
Established	30 July 1928
Administrative center	Zheleznogorsk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	991 km2 (383 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	16,289
• Density	16/km2 (43/sq mi)
• Urban	12.1%
• Rural	87.9%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Work settlements, 18 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 Urban-type settlements[4], 110 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Zheleznogorsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	38610000
Website	http://zhel.rkursk.ru/

Zheleznogorsky District (Russian: Железного́рский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 991 square kilometers (383 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Zheleznogorsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 15,478 (2021 Census);^[7] 16,289 (2010 Census);^[3] 18,192 (2002 Census);^[8] 19,571 (1989 Soviet census).^[9]

Zheleznogorsky District is located in the northwest of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Oryol Oblast to the north. The terrain is hilly plain averaging 200 meters above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Svapa River, which flows to the west through the district; it is a tributary in the Dniepr River basin. The district is 50 km southwest of the city of Kursk, and 400 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 30 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Zheleznogorsk.^[2]

The district is bordered on the north by Oryol Oblast, on the east by Fatezhsky District, on the south by Konyshyovsky District, and on the west by Dmitriyevsky District.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zheleznogorsky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast.^[1] The town of Zheleznogorsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zheleznogorsky Municipal District.^[5] The town of oblast significance of Zheleznogorsk is incorporated separately from the district as Zheleznogorsk Urban Okrug.^[5]

• Губернатор Курской области. Постановление №489 от 6 ноября 2008 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц населённых пунктов Курской области», в ред. Постановления №26-пг от 29 января 2013 г. «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Постановление Губернатора Курской области от 06.11.2008 №489 "Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц населённых пунктов Курской области"». Вступил в силу 6 ноября 2008 г. (Governor of Kursk Oblast. Resolution #489 of November 6, 2008 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Inhabited Localities of Kursk Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #26-pg of January 29, 2013 On Amending and Supplementing Resolution #489 of the Governor of Kursk Oblast of November 6, 2008 "On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Inhabited Localities of Kursk Oblast". Effective as of November 6, 2008.).
• Курская областная Дума. Закон №48-ЗКО от 21 октября 2004 г. «О муниципальных образованиях Курской области», в ред. Закона №65-ЗКО от 23 августа 2011 г. «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Закон Курской области "О границах муниципальных образований Курской области", Закон Курской области "О муниципальных образованиях Курской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Курская правда", №214, 30 октября 2004 г. (Kursk Oblast Duma. Law #48-ZKO of October 21, 2004 On the Municipal Formations of Kursk Oblast, as amended by the Law #65-ZKO of August 23, 2011 On Amending and Supplementing the Law of Kursk Oblast "On the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Kursk Oblast", Law of Kursk Oblast "On the Municipal Formations of Kursk Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

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