Glinkovsky District
Glinkovsky District (Russian: Гли́нковский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It lies in the center of the oblast and borders with Dorogobuzhsky District in the northeast, Yelninsky District in the southeast, Pochinkovsky District in the southwest, and with Kardymovsky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,225.74 square kilometers (473.26 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Glinka. Population: 4,948 (2010 Census); 6,149 (2002 Census); 7,866 (1989 Census).
Glinkovsky District
Глинковский район | |
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Village Monino (deserted), Glinkovsky District | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Glinkovsky District in Smolensk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 54°39′06″N 32°52′26″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Glinka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,225.74 km2 (473.26 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,948 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 4,213 (−14.9%) |
| • Density | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 6 rural settlement |
| • Inhabited localities | 90 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Glinkovsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 66609000 |
| Website | http://glinka.admin-smolensk.ru/ |
The population of Glinka accounts for 39.3% of the district's total population. The settlement which became Glinka dates from 1898. On 1 June 1907 the railway station was renamed Glinka in honour of the composer Mikhail Glinka (died February 1857).