- Source: Baryatinsky District
Baryatinsky District (Russian: Барятинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,110.3 square kilometers (428.7 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Baryatino. Population: 5,383 (2021 Census); 6,340 (2010 Census); 6,614 (2002 Census); 8,097 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Baryatino accounts for 43.3% of the district's total population.
Geography
Baryatinsky District is located in the western region of Kaluga Oblast, on the Baryatinsky-Suhinichskoy plain. Most of the district is on karst terrain, with plains covering most of the south, and ridges up to 279 meters in the north on the border with Smolensk Oblast. About 40 percent of the region is deciduous forest (birch, aspen, spruce, pine). The divide between the Dnieper River basin and the Volga River basin runs through the district, with rivers in the south of the district flowing south to the Dnieper. The district is 100 km west of the city of Kaluga, and about 240 km southwest of Moscow The area measures 40 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Baryatino.
The district is bordered on the north by Mosalsky District, on the east by Sukhinichsky District, on the south by Kirovsky District, and on the west by Spas-Demensky District. A small portion borders Smolensk Oblast on the north.
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=Законодательное Собрание Калужской области. №473 27 марта 1996 г. «Устав Калужской области», в ред. Закона №681-ОЗ от 27 февраля 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Устав Калужской области». Опубликован: "Весть", №79, 9 апреля 1996 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast. #473 March 27, 1996 Charter of Kaluga Oblast, as amended by the Law #681-OZ of February 27, 2015 On Amending the Charter of Kaluga Oblast. ).
Законодательное Собрание Калужской области. Закон №354-ОЗ от 4 октября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории административно-территориальных единиц "Барятинский район", "Куйбышевский район", "Людиновский район", "Мещовский район", "Спас-Деменский район", "Ульяновский район" и наделении их статусом городского поселения, сельского поселения, муниципального района», в ред. Закона №694-ОЗ от 27 февраля 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Калужской области "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории административно-территориальных единиц "Барятинский район", "Куйбышевский район", "Людиновский район", "Мещовский район", "Спас-Деменский район", "Ульяновский район" и наделении их статусом городского поселения, сельского поселения, муниципального района"». Вступил в силу после вступления в силу Закона Калужской области "Об изменении статуса посёлков, расположенных на территории административно-территориальных единиц "Барятинский район", "Куйбышевский район", "Людиновский район", "Мещовский район", "Спас-Деменский район", "Ульяновский район" Калужской области", но не ранее чем через десять дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Весть", №229–300, 9 октября 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast. Law #354-OZ of October 4, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of the Administrative-Territorial Units of "Baryatinsky District", "Kuybyshevsky District", "Lyudinovsky District", "Meshchovsky District", "Spas-Demensky District", "Ulyanovsky District", and on Granting Them the Status of an Urban Settlement, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, as amended by the Law #694-OZ of February 27, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kaluga Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of the Administrative-Territorial Units of "Baryatinsky District", "Kuybyshevsky District", "Lyudinovsky District", "Meshchovsky District", "Spas-Demensky District", "Ulyanovsky District", and on Granting Them the Status of an Urban Settlement, Rural Settlement, Municipal District". Effective as of after the Law of Kaluga Oblast "On Changing the Status of the Settlements Located on the Territory of the Administrative-Territorial Units of "Baryatinsky District", "Kuybyshevsky District", "Lyudinovsky District", "Meshchovsky District", "Spas-Demensky District", "Ulyanovsky District" of Kaluga Oblast" takes effect, but no earlier than after ten days since the official publication have passed.).
= External links
=Baryatinsky District on Google Maps
Baryatinsky District on OpenStreetMap