Korenevsky District


Korenevsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Korenevo. Population: 21,474 ; The population of Korenevo accounts for 33.4% of the district's total population.

Geography

Korenevsky District is located in the southwest of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Ukraine. The terrain is hilly plain; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Seym River, tributary of the Desna River which flows west through Ukraine to the Dnieper River. The district is 65 km southwest of the city of Kursk and 480 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 40 km, and 25 km ; total area is 1,135 km2. The administrative center is the town of Korenevo.
The district is bordered on the north by Rylsky District, on the east by Lgovsky District, on the south by Sumy Raion of Ukraine, and on the west by Glushkovsky District.