Lesnoy District
| Lesnoy District Лесной район (Russian) |
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 Location of Lesnoy District in Tver Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 58°16′58″N 35°31′16″E / 58.28278°N 35.52111°ECoordinates: 58°16′58″N 35°31′16″E / 58.28278°N 35.52111°E | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of 2012) | |
| Administrative center | selo of Lesnoye |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Rural settlements | 4 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 144 |
| Municipal structure (as of February 2010) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Lesnoy Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 4 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,633 km2 (631 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 5,252 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 3.22/km2 (8.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Lesnoy District (Russian: Лесно́й райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Pestovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the north, Sandovsky District in the east, Maksatikhinsky District in the south, Udomelsky District in the southwest, and with Moshenskoy District of Novgorod Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,633 square kilometers (631 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Lesnoye. Population: 5,252 (2010 Census);6,833 (2002 Census);8,177 (1989 Census). The population of Lesnoye accounts for 31.7% of the district's total population.
The whole area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Mologa River, a major tributary of the Rybinsk Reservoir. The Mologa crosses the eastern part of the district from south to north, and stretches of its course form the boundary between Lesnoy District and Maksatikhinsky and Sandovsky Districts. The principal tributaries of the Mologa within the district are the Keza and the Saragozha. 65% of the district area is covered by forests.
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