Khotynetsky District

Khotynetsky District (Russian: Хотыне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia.

Khotynetsky District Хотынецкий район
District
Resort hotel in Orlovsky Forest, Khotynetsky
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Khotynetsky District in Oryol Oblast
Coordinates: 53°07′48″N 35°24′00″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Oryol Oblast[1]
Established	21 August 1939
Administrative center	Khotynets[1]
Area [2]
• Total	800 km2 (300 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	10,183
• Density	13/km2 (33/sq mi)
• Urban	38.0%
• Rural	62.0%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Urban-type settlements, 8 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 Urban-type settlements[4], 91 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Khotynetsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	54657000
Website	http://www.hot-adm.ru/

The area of the district is 800 square kilometers (310 sq mi).^[2]
Its administrative center is an urban-type settlement of Khotynets.^[1]
Population: 9,376 (est. 2018).

Geography

Location

Khotynetsky District located in the Central Russian Upland of the East European Plain, it is in the northwest of the oblast.

Borders with Khvastovichsky District (Kaluga Oblast) in the north, Znamensky District in the nord-east, Uritsky District in the south-east, Shablykinsky District in the south-west, and with Karachevsky District (Bryansk Oblast) in the west.

Climate

District has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification — Dfb). Winters are moderately cold and changeable. The first half is softer second with often warmings. Summers is warm, in separate years — could be rainy or hot and droughty.

Demographics

Khotynetsky District population

1959 Census	25 288
1970 Census	32 818
1979 Census	22 852
1989 Census	13 032
2002 Census	12 098
2010 Census	10 183
Estimate 2018	9 376

According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in January 2018 the number of residents came to 9 376. It is the 17th place among 24 districts of Oryol oblast for 2018.

The population of the administrative center accounts for 40.05% of the district's total population.^[3]

Largest ethnic group is Russians.

Transportation

Automotive

Important highways of federal and regional values:

• R 120
• 54K-3
• 54K-18

Railway

On the territory of the Khotynetsky District is the historical Oryol-Vitebsk Railway.

Pipeline

Through Khotynetsky District laid the Druzhba oil pipeline.

Landmarks

The pearl of the Khotynetsky District is the national park «Orlovskoye Polesye».

Notable residents

• Alexei Badayev (1883–1951), Soviet politician, nominal head of RSFSR under Stalin; born in Yuryevo
• Gennady Zyuganov (born 1944), politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation; born in the village of Mymrino

References

Notes

1. Law #522-OZ
2. "General Information" (in Russian). Khotynetsky District. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
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.
4. The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
5. Law #432-OZ
6. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

Sources

• Орловский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №522-ОЗ от 6 июля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Орловской области», в ред. Закона №1187-ОЗ от 1 апреля 2011 г «О внесении изменений в законодательные акты Орловской области». Вступил в силу с момента официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Орловская правда", №116, 13 июля 2005 г. (Oryol Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #522-OZ of July 6, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Oryol Oblast, as amended by the Law #1187-OZ of April 1, 2011 On Amending the Legislative Acts of Oryol Oblast. Effective as of the moment of the official publication.).
• Орловский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №432-ОЗ от 25 октября 2004 г. «О статусе, границах и административных центрах муниципальных образований на территории Хотынецкого района Орловской области», в ред. Закона №1719-ОЗ от 8 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Орловской области "О статусе, границах и административных центрах муниципальных образований на территории Хотынецкого района Орловской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Орловская правда", №196, 30 октября 2004 г. (Oryol Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #432-OZ of October 25, 2004 On the Status, Borders, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Khotynetsky District of Oryol Oblast, as amended by the Law #1719-OZ of December 8, 2014 On Amending the Law of Oryol Oblast "On the Status, Borders, and Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Khotynetsky District of Oryol Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).