Livensky District

Livensky District (Russian: Ли́венский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,806.3 square kilometers (697.4 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Livny (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 32,791 (2010 Census);^[3] 34,200 (2002 Census);^[6] 34,503 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Livensky District Ливенский район
District
River landscape, Livensky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Livensky District in Oryol Oblast
Coordinates: 52°25′N 37°36′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Oryol Oblast[1]
Established	30 July 1928
Administrative center	Livny[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,806.3 km2 (697.4 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	32,791
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	16 selsoviet
• Inhabited localities[1]	145 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Livensky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	54629000
Website	http://adm-livr.ru/

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Livensky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.^[1] The town of Livny 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 Livensky Municipal District.^[4] The town of oblast significance of Livny is incorporated separately from the district as Livny Urban Okrug.^[8]

Notable people

• Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov (1892–1944), Soviet and Russian aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer
• Alexey Stakhanov (1906–1977), Soviet and Russian miner of Donets basin, propaganda celebrity of Stakhanovite movement