Firovsky District

Firovsky District (Russian: Фи́ровский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with the urban-type settlement of Ozyorny in the north, Bologovsky District in the northeast, Vyshnevolotsky District in the east, Kuvshinovsky District in the south, Ostashkovsky District in the southwest, Demyansky District of Novgorod Oblast in the west, and with Valdaysky District, also of Novgorod Oblast, in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,836 square kilometers (709 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Firovo. Population: 9,396 (2010 Census); 11,919(2002 Census); 14,282(1989 Census). The population of Firovo accounts for 25.9% of the district's total population.

Firovsky District
Фировский район
Dam on the Shlina River, Firovsky District
Location of Firovsky District in Tver Oblast
Coordinates: 57°29′00″N 33°42′09″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectTver Oblast
Established5 March 1935
Administrative centerFirovo
Area
  Total1,836 km2 (709 sq mi)
Population
  Total9,396
  Estimate 
(2018)
7,881 (−16.1%)
  Density5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
  Urban
50.1%
  Rural
49.9%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions2 Urban settlements, 3 Rural settlements
  Inhabited localities2 Urban-type settlements, 106 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asFirovsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions2 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID28657000
Websitehttp://glavafirovo.narod.ru/
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