Lesnoy District
Lesnoy District
Лесной район | |
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Location of Lesnoy District in Tver Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 58°16′58″N 35°31′16″E / 58.28278°N 35.52111°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Established | 12 July 1929 |
| Administrative center | Lesnoye |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,633 km2 (631 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,252 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 4 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 144 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Lesnoy Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 28636000 |
| Website | http://лесной-район.рф/ |
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Lesnoy District (Russian: Лесно́й райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Pestovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the north, Sandovsky District in the east, Maksatikhinsky District in the south, Udomelsky District in the southwest, and with Moshenskoy District of Novgorod Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,633 square kilometers (631 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Lesnoye. Population: 5,252 (2010 Census); 6,833 (2002 Census); 8,177 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Lesnoye accounts for 31.7% of the district's total population.