Ryazansky District, Ryazan Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Ryazansky District.

Ryazansky District (Russian: Ряза́нский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,170 square kilometers (840 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan^[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 56,869 (2010 Census);^[3] 56,836 (2002 Census);^[6] 74,721 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Ryazansky District Рязанский район
District
Panorama Lake, Ryazansky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Ryazansky District in Ryazan Oblast
Coordinates: 54°36′N 39°42′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Ryazan Oblast[1]
Established	12 July 1929
Administrative center	Ryazan[2]
Area
• Total	2,170 km2 (840 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	56,869
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	35 rural okrug
• Inhabited localities[2]	178 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Ryazansky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	61634000
Website	http://www.rzraion.ru/

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ryazansky District is one of the twenty-five in the oblast.^[1] The city of Ryazan serves as its administrative center,^[2] despite being incorporated separately as a city 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 Ryazansky Municipal District.^[4] The city of oblast significance of Ryazan is incorporated separately from the district as Ryazan Urban Okrug.^[8]

Economy and transportation

The Solotchinskoye peat narrow gauge railway serves a peat factory which became operational in 2010.