Chernyshkovsky District

Chernyshkovsky District (Russian: Черны́шковский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Chernyshkovsky Municipal District. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,079.96 square kilometers (1,189.18 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Chernyshkovsky. Population: 16,873(2010 Census); 18,326 (2002 Census); 19,317(1989 Census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 32.0% of the district's total population.

Chernyshkovsky District
Чернышковский район
Tsimlyansky Sands near the khutor of Tormosin in Chernyshkovsky District
Location of Chernyshkovsky District in Volgograd Oblast
Coordinates: 48°25′N 42°14′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVolgograd Oblast
Established25 January 1935
Administrative centerChernyshkovsky
Area
  Total3,079.96 km2 (1,189.18 sq mi)
Population
  Total16,873
  Estimate 
(2018)
15,553 (−7.8%)
  Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
  Urban
32.0%
  Rural
68.0%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions1 Urban-type settlements, 11 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities1 Urban-type settlements, 44 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asChernyshkovsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions1 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID18658000
Websitehttp://www.chernyshki.ru
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