{{Infobox Russian district |en_name=Skopinsky District |ru_name=Скопинский район |image_map={{Russia district OSM map}} |map_caption=Location of Skopinsky District in Ryazan Oblast |image_view=Church Of The Archangel Michael.jpg |image_caption=Church Of The Archangel Michael, Skopinsky District |coordinates = {{coord|53|49|N|39|33|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}} |image_flag=Flag of Skopinsky rayon (Ryazan oblast).png |image_coa=Gerb-Skopinski-region.gif |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Ryazan Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="RyazanO_admlaw" /> |adm_ctr_name=Skopin |adm_ctr_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |urban-type_settlement_of_district_significance_type=Work settlements |no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance=2 |selsoviet_type1=Rural okrugs |no_of_selsoviets_type1=27 |no_of_urban-type_settlements=2 |no_of_rural_localities=126 |counts_ref=<ref name="OKATO" /> |mun_formation1=Skopinsky Municipal District |mun_formation1_ref=<ref name="RyazanOSkopinskyD_mun" /> |mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements=2 |mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements=7 |mun_formation1_counts_ref=<ref name="RyazanOSkopinskyD_mun" /> |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= |area_km2=1720 |area_km2_ref=<ref name="about"/> |pop_2010census=27080 |urban_pop_2010census=12.6% |rural_pop_2010census=87.4% |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_date_ref= |website=http://skopin-adm.ru/ }} '''Skopinsky District''' ({{langx|ru|Скопи́нский райо́н}}) is an administrative<ref name="RyazanO_admlaw">Law #128-ZS</ref> and municipal<ref name="RyazanOSkopinskyD_mun">Law #76-OZ</ref> district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest 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|1720|km2|sp=us}}.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://skopin-adm.ru/administrativno-territorialnoe-del/|publisher=Skopinsky District|language=russian|access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Its administrative center is the town of Skopin<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|61 244}}</ref> (which is not administratively a part of the district).<ref name="RyazanO_admlaw" /> Population: 27,080 (2010 Census);<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> {{ru-census|p2002=31,142|p1989=40,965}}
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Skopinsky District is one of the twenty-five in the oblast.<ref name="RyazanO_admlaw" /> The town of Skopin serves as its administrative center,<ref name="OKATO" /> despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="RyazanO_admlaw" />
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as '''Skopinsky Municipal District'''.<ref name="RyazanOSkopinskyD_mun" /> The town of oblast significance of Skopin is incorporated separately from the district as Skopin Urban Okrug.<ref name="RyazanORyazan_mun">Law #75-OZ</ref>
On 7 October 2020, a grass fire reached ammunition in open storage at Military Unit Number 55443 (once maybe the GRAU’s 97th Arsenal) near Zheltukhino (:ru:Желтухино (деревня, Рязанская область)) in Skopinsky District, Ryazan Oblast, igniting munitions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Минобороны РФ окажет помощь в ремонте жилых домов и инфраструктуры в военном городке, пострадавшем при пожаре на арсенале в Рязанской области - |url=https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=539572&lang=RU |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.militarynews.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-13 |title=The Latest Arsenal Fire |url=https://russiandefpolicy.com/2020/10/13/the-latest-arsenal-fire/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Russian Defense Policy |language=en}}</ref> Whether GRAU or the Western Military District was responsible for the depot was not clear. Interfaks-AVN wrote that there were 113 warehouses and bunkers with 75,000 tons of missiles, rockets, and artillery shells (including 152-mm) at the site. A women died from injuries and there were at least another 15 victims in stable condition; the fire and explosions "damaged 430 structures, public facilities, apartment buildings, and private homes."
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{{Ryazan Oblast}} {{Authority control}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2012}}
Category:Districts of Ryazan Oblast __NOTOC__