Toropetsky District
Toropetsky District
Торопецкий район | |
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Location of Toropetsky District in Tver Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56°30′N 31°38′E / 56.500°N 31.633°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Established | 1927 |
| Administrative center | Toropets |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,373 km2 (1,302 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,526 |
| • Density | 6.1/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 63.4% |
| • Rural | 36.6% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 8 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 304 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Toropetsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 28655000 |
| Website | http://toropecadm.ru/ |
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Toropetsky District (Russian: Торо́пецкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Kholmsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the north, Andreapolsky District in the east, Zapadnodvinsky District in the south, Kunyinsky District of Pskov Oblast in the southwest, Velikoluksky District of Pskov Oblast in the west, and with Loknyansky District of Pskov Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 3,373 square kilometers (1,302 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Toropets. Population: 20,526 (2010 Census); 25,235 (2002 Census); 31,228 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Toropets accounts for 63.4% of the district's total population.