Morshansky District

Morshansky District (Russian: Морша́нский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders Shatsky District of Ryazan Oblast in the north, Zemetchinsky District of Penza Oblast in the east, Pichayevsky District in the south, and Sarayevsky District of Ryazan Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 2,880 square kilometers (1,110 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Morshansk (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 34,088.^[3]

Morshansky District Моршанский район
District
A park in the selo of Novotomnikovo; a protected area of Russia in Morshansky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Morshansky District in Tambov Oblast
Coordinates: 53°27′N 41°49′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Tambov Oblast[1]
Established	10 July 1928
Administrative center	Morshansk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	2,880 km2 (1,110 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	34,088
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	16 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	117 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Morshansky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	68616000
Website	http://rmorshansk.ru

Population of Morshansky District

2010 Census	34,088[3]
2002 Census	38,228[6]
1989 Census	44,688[7]
1979 Census	56,886[8]

Administrative and municipal status

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

References

Notes

1. Law #72-Z
2. "Areas of the Territories of Urban Okrugs and Municipal Districts of Tambov Oblast (map)" (in Russian). Federal Statistics Service, Tambov Oblast regional branch. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
4. Law #232-Z
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
7. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
8. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.

Sources

• Тамбовская областная Дума. Закон №72-З от 21 июня 1996 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тамбовской области», в ред. Закона №544-З от 11 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 7 Закона Тамбовской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тамбовской области"». Опубликован: "Тамбовская жизнь", №131, 1996 г. (Tambov Oblast Duma. Law #72-Z of June 21, 1996 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tambov Oblast, as amended by the Law #544-Z of June 11, 2015 On Amending Article 7 of the Law of Tambov Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tambov Oblast". ).
• Тамбовская областная Дума. Закон №232-З от 17 сентября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и определении места нахождения представительных органов муниципальных образований в Тамбовской области», в ред. Закона №606-З от 7 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Тамбовской области "Об установлении границ и определении места нахождения представительных органов муниципальных образований в Тамбовской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Тамбовская жизнь", №185 (23125). (Tambov Oblast Duma. Law #232-Z of September 17, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and Determining the Location of the Representative Organs of the Municipal Formations of Tambov Oblast, as amended by the Law #606-Z of December 7, 2015 On Amending the Law of Tambov Oblast "On Establishing the Borders and Determining the Location of the Representative Organs of the Municipal Formations of Tambov Oblast". Effective as of the official publication date.).