Cheremisinovsky District (russian: Череми́синовский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

), one of the twenty-eight in

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. As of the 2010 Census, Kursk Oblast has a population ...

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. It is located in the northeast of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Cheremisinovo. Population: 12,431 ( 2002 Census); The population of Cheremisinovo accounts for 43.1% of the district's population.

Geography

Cheremisinovsky District is located in the north-east of Kursk Oblast, on the border with

Oryol Oblast Oryol Oblast (russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, ''Orlovskaya oblast''), also known as Orlovshchina (russian: Орловщина) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Oryol. Populati ...

. The terrain is hilly plain averaging 200 meters above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The district is 60 km northeast of the city of

Kursk Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German str ...

, and 480 km south of

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. The area measures 37 km (north-south), and 27 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Cheremisinovo. The district is bordered on the north by Dolzhansky District of Oryol Oblast, on the east by Sovetsky District, Kursk Oblast, on the south by

Timsky District Timsky District (russian: Ти́мский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the distr ...

, and on the west by

Shchigrovsky District Shchigrovsky District (russian: Щигро́вский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district ( raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The ...

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Cheremisinovsky District on Google MapsCheremisinovsky District on OpenStreetMap
{{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013 Districts of Kursk Oblast