Mtsensky District

Mtsensky District (Russian: Мце́нский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,665.8 square kilometers (643.2 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Mtsensk (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 19,233 (2010 Census);^[3] 20,757 (2002 Census);^[6] 22,317 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Mtsensky District Мценский район
District
Tank Memorial in Pervyi Voin, Mtsensky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Mtsensky District in Oryol Oblast
Coordinates: 53°16′N 36°33′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Oryol Oblast[1]
Established	30 July 1928
Administrative center	Mtsensk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,666 km2 (643 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	19,233
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	14 selsoviet
• Inhabited localities[1]	262 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Mtsensky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	54636000
Website	http://mcradm.orel.ru/

Geography

Within the Oryol Oblast the Mtsensk District borders:

• the Bolkhovsky District (to the north-west)
• the Orlovsky District (to the south-west)
• the Zalegoshchensky District (to the south)
• the Novosilsky District (to the south-east)
• the Korsakovsky District (to the east)

The Chernsky District of Tula Oblast lies north of the Mtsensk District.

Administrative and municipal status

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