Roslavlsky District
Roslavlsky District
Рославльский район | |
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Birch grove near Vyahori, Roslavsky District | |
Location of Roslavlsky District in Smolensk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°57′N 32°52′E / 53.950°N 32.867°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Roslavl |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,000 km2 (1,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 76,100 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 72.1% |
| • Rural | 27.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 21 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 304 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Roslavlsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 66636000 |
| Website | http://www.roslavl.ru/ |
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Roslavlsky District (Russian: Рославльский район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Yelninsky District in the north, Spas-Demensky District, of Kaluga Oblast, in the northeast, Kuybyshevsky District, also of Kaluga Oblast, in the east, Rognedinsky District of Bryansk Oblast in the southeast, Dubrovsky District, also of Bryansk Oblast, in the south, Yershichsky District in the southwest, Shumyachsky District in the west, and with Pochinkovsky District in the northwest. The territory of the town of Desnogorsk is enclosed from all sides by Roslavlsky District. The area of the district is 3,000 square kilometers (1,200 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Roslavl. Population: 76,100 (2010 Census); 81,307 (2002 Census); 61,000 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Roslavl accounts for 72.1% of the district's total population.