{{Infobox Russian district |en_name=Aleksinsky District |ru_name=Алексинский район |image_map={{Russia district OSM map}} |map_caption=Location of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast |image_view=Вид на церковь святителя Николая.jpg |image_caption=Church of St. Nicholas, Aleksinsky District |coordinates = {{coord|54|30|N|37|04|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}} |image_flag=Flag of Aleksin (Tula oblast).png |image_coa= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=[[Tula Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="TulaO_adm" /> |adm_ctr_name=[[Aleksin]] |adm_ctr_ref=<ref name="TulaO_adm" /> |town_of_district_significance_type=Towns under district jurisdiction |no_of_towns_of_district_significance=1 |urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_type=Urban-type settlements |no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance=1 |selsoviet_type1=Rural okrugs |no_of_selsoviets_type1=13 |no_of_cities_towns=1 |no_of_urban-type_settlements=1 |no_of_rural_localities=154 |counts_ref=<ref name="Ref1526" /><ref name="Note1" /> |mun_formation1=Aleksin Urban Okrug |mun_formation1_ref=<ref name="Ref1526" /><ref name="Note1" /> |mun_formation1_leader_title= |mun_formation1_leader_title_ref= |mun_formation1_leader_name= |mun_formation1_leader_name_ref= |mun_formation1_representative_body= |mun_formation1_representative_body_ref= |mun_formation2=Novogurovsky Urban Okrug |mun_formation2_leader_title= |mun_formation2_leader_title_ref= |mun_formation2_leader_name= |mun_formation2_leader_name_ref= |mun_formation2_representative_body= |mun_formation2_representative_body_ref= |area_km2=982.5 |area_km2_ref=<ref name="about"/> |pop_2010census=74326 |urban_pop_2010census=87.9% |rural_pop_2010census=12.1% |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_date_ref= |website=http://www.aleksin.tula.ru/ }} '''Aleksinsky District''' ({{langx|ru|Але́ксинский райо́н}}) is an administrative district ([[raion]]), one of the [[administrative divisions of Tula Oblast|twenty-three]] in [[Tula Oblast]], [[Russia]].<ref name="TulaO_adm">Law #954-ZTO</ref> It is located in the northwest of the [[oblast]].<!-- and borders with [[ District]] in the north, [[ District]] in the east, [[ District]] in the south, and with [[ District]] in the west.--> The area of the district is {{convert|982.5|km2|sp=us}}.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://aleksin.tula.ru/obshchie-svedeniya-o-rayone/ekologiya/|publisher=Aleksinsky District|language=russian|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127192242/http://aleksin.tula.ru/obshchie-svedeniya-o-rayone/ekologiya/|archive-date=November 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its [[administrative center]] is the [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] of [[Aleksin]].<ref name="TulaO_adm" /> Population: 74,326 ([[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]]);<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> {{ru-census|p2002=13,350|p1989=14,727}} The population of Aleksin accounts for 83.1% of the district's total population.<ref name="2010Census" />
== History== On the night of 8–9 November 2024, during the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], [[Ukraine]] launched a drone attack on the Aleksin Chemical Plant—part of the [[state corporation]] [[Rostec]]—in the Aleksinsky District, about {{cvt|120|mi|km|disp=flip}} south of Moscow, causing a series of explosions and fires at the plant which manufactures ammunition and explosives for the Russian military. Russian sources did not acknowledge the attack's success, "as is common following a reported attack by Ukraine on one of [Russia's] military sites."<ref>{{cite news |last=Cole|first=Brendan |title=Ukraine Strikes Russian Ammunition Plant Deep Behind Enemy Lines |url=https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-tula-drones-enemy-1983238 |date=9 November 2024 |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=[[Newsweek]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Khomenko|first=Ivan |title=Drone Attack Targets Military Chemical Plant in Russia’s Tula Region |url=https://united24media.com/latest-news/drone-attack-targets-military-chemical-plant-in-russias-tula-region-3621 |date=9 November 2024 |access-date=2024-11-09 }}</ref>
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Aleksinsky District is one of the [[administrative divisions of Tula Oblast|twenty-three]] in the oblast.<ref name="TulaO_adm" /> The town of [[Aleksin]] serves as its [[administrative center]].<ref name="TulaO_adm" />
As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—'''Aleksin Urban Okrug''',<ref name="Ref1526">Law #2140-ZTO</ref> to which the town of Aleksin and 154 of the administrative district's rural localities belong,<ref name="Note1">[[OKATO]] lists 1 town, 1 work settlement, and 154 rural localities in Aleksinsky District. The town of Aleksin and 154 rural localities are listed as a part of Aleksin Urban Okrug in Law #2140-ZTO.</ref> and Novogurovsky Urban Okrug,<ref name="Ref902">Law #554-ZTO</ref> which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the work settlement of [[Novogurovsky]].<ref name="Note2">OKATO lists 1 town, 1 work settlement, and 154 rural localities in Aleksinsky District. The work settlement of Novogurovsky is listed as a part of Novogurovsky Urban Okrug in Law #554-ZTO.</ref>
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===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|mun|list|aleksin}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|mun|list|novogurovsky}} *{{OKATO reference|71}}
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