Starodubsky District

Starodubsky District (Russian: Староду́бский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,760 square kilometers (680 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Starodub^[1] (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[4] Population: 35,404 (2021 Census);^[6] 40,414 (2010 Census);^[3] 44,573 (2002 Census);^[7] 51,326 (1989 Soviet census).^[8] The population of Starodub accounts for 50.0% of the district's total population.^[6]

Starodubsky District Стародубский район
District
Starodub
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Location of Starodubsky District in Bryansk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°35′N 32°46′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Bryansk Oblast[1]
Established	1 October 1929
Administrative center	Starodub[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,760 km2 (680 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	40,414
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Urban	47.0%
• Rural	53.0%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	10 Rural administrative okrugs
• Inhabited localities[4]	149 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Starodubsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Website	http://adminstarrayon.ru/

Administrative and municipal divisions

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Starodubsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast.^[1] The town of Starodub serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban administrative okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Starodubsky Municipal District.^[5] Starodub Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated separately from the district as Starodub Urban Okrug.^[5]