Luzhsky District
Luzhsky District
Лужский район | |
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Welcome sign at the entrance to Luzhsky District | |
Location of Luzhsky District in Leningrad Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 58°44′N 29°51′E / 58.733°N 29.850°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Established | 1 August 1927 |
| Administrative center | Luga |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,006.44 km2 (2,319.10 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 40,166 |
| • Density | 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 8.0% |
| • Rural | 92.0% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 13 settlement municipal formation |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 346 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Luzhsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 41633000 |
| Website | luga |
Luzhsky District (Russian: Лу́жский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Gatchinsky District in the north, Tosnensky District in the northeast, Novgorodsky and Batetsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast in the southeast, Shimsky District, also of Novgorod Oblast, in the south, Plyussky District of Pskov Oblast in the southwest, Slantsevsky District in the west, and Volosovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 6,006.44 square kilometers (2,319.10 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Luga. Population (excluding the administrative center): 40,166 (2010 Census); 41,885 (2002 Census); 48,721 (1989 Soviet census).