Loknyansky District
Loknyansky District
Локнянский район | |
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Polistovsky Nature Reserve, Loknyansky District | |
Location of Loknyansky District in Pskov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56°50′N 30°09′E / 56.833°N 30.150°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Established | 1927 |
| Administrative center | Loknya |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,412 km2 (931 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 9,535 |
| • Density | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 40.6% |
| • Rural | 59.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 276 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Loknyansky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 58618000 |
| Website | http://loknja.reg60.ru/ |
Loknyansky District (Russian: Локнянский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Kholmsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the northeast, Toropetsky District of Tver Oblast in the southeast, Velikoluksky District in the south, Novosokolnichesky District in the southwest, and with Bezhanitsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,412 square kilometers (931 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Loknya. Population: 9,535 (2010 Census); 13,268 (2002 Census); 16,782 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Loknya accounts for 40.6% of the district's total population.