Chernsky District (russian: Че́рнский райо́н) is an administrative 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-three in
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is part of the Central Federal District, coverin ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #954-ZTO] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Chernsky Municipal District.
[Law #546-ZTO] It is located in the southwest of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Chern.
Population: 20,476 (
2010 Census);
The population of Chern accounts for 31.3% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tula Oblast