Rzhevsky District
Rzhevsky District
Ржевский район (Russian) | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Rzhevsky District in Tver Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56°15′56″N 34°19′39″E / 56.26556°N 34.32750°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Established | 2022 |
| Administrative center | Rzhev |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,760 km2 (1,070 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,480 |
• Estimate (2018) | 11,258 (−9.8%) |
| • Density | 4.52/km2 (11.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 7 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 389 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Rzhevsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 28548000 |
| Website | http://rzhevregion.com/ |
Rzhevsky District (Russian: Рже́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Staritsky District in the north, Zubtsovsky District in the east, Sychyovsky District of Smolensk Oblast in the south, Oleninsky District in the west, and with Selizharovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,760 square kilometers (1,070 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Rzhev (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 12,480 (2010 Census); 14,674 (2002 census); 17,664 (1989 Soviet census).