Bezhetsky District
Bezhetsky District
Бежецкий район (Russian) | |
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Bezhetsk, Bezhetsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Bezhetsky District in Tver Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°47′N 36°42′E / 57.783°N 36.700°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Bezhetsk |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,810 km2 (1,080 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 36,701 |
| • Density | 13.1/km2 (33.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 66.8% |
| • Rural | 33.2% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 13 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 400 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Bezhetsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 28604000 |
| Website | http://адм-бежецк.рф/glavnaya/ |
Bezhetsky District (Russian: Бе́жецкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Molokovsky District in the north, Krasnokholmsky District in the northwest, Sonkovsky and Kesovogorsky Districts in the east, Kashinsky District in the southeast, Rameshkovsky District in the south, and with Maksatikhinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 2,810 square kilometers (1,080 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Bezhetsk. Population: 36,701 (2010 Census); 14,277 (2002 census); 18,786 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Bezhetsk accounts for 66.8% of the district's total population.