Ponyrovsky District

Ponyrovsky District (Russian: Поныро́вский 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 690 square kilometers (270 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Ponyri.^[1] Population: 10,893 (2021 Census);^[7] 11,778 (2010 Census);^[3] 13,553 (2002 Census);^[8] 15,694 (1989 Soviet census).^[9] The population of Ponyri accounts for 45.1% of the district's total population.^[7]

Ponyrovsky District Поныровский район
District
War Museum in Ponyri, Ponyrovsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Ponyrovsky District in Kursk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°19′N 36°18′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kursk Oblast[1]
Administrative center	Ponyri[1]
Area [2]
• Total	690 km2 (270 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	11,778
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
• Urban	40.7%
• Rural	59.3%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Work settlements, 13 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 urban-type settlements[4], 48 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Ponyrovsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	38630000
Website	http://ponirir.rkursk.ru/

Geography

Ponyrovsky District is located in the north central region of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Oryol Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The district is 45 km north of the city of Kursk and 400 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 25 km (north-south), and 35 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Ponyri.^[2]

The district is bordered on the north by Oryol Oblast, on the southeast by Zolotukhinsky District, and on the west by Fatezhsky District.