Shatsky District

For the former district of Volyn Oblast, Ukraine, see Shatsk Raion.

Shatsky District (Russian: Ша́цкий райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,400 square kilometers (930 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the town of Shatsk.^[2] Population: 24,414 (2010 Census);^[4] 30,944 (2002 Census);^[7] 38,109 (1989 Soviet census).^[8] The population of Shatsk accounts for 26.9% of the district's total population.^[4]

Shatsky District Шацкий район
District
Font in selo "Cossack Duke", Shatsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Shatsky District in Ryazan Oblast
Coordinates: 54°01′N 41°42′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Ryazan Oblast[1]
Established	12 July 1929
Administrative center	Shatsk[2]
Area [3]
• Total	2,400 km2 (900 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	24,414
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
• Urban	26.9%
• Rural	73.1%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns of district significance, 28 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[2]	1 cities/towns, 130 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Shatsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	61656000
Website	http://www.admshack.ru/

Notable residents

• Gennadi Bogachyov (born 1945 in Shatsk), stage and film actor
• Ivan Zakharkin (1889–1944), Soviet Army commander during World War II