title: Shchigrovsky District
text: # Shchigrovsky District
  
  Shchigrovsky District (Russian: Щигро́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,220 square kilometers (470 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shchigry (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 9,470 (2021 Census); 11,994 (2010 Census); 15,099 (2002 Census); 18,072 (1989 Census).
  
  ## Administrative and municipal status
  
  Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchigrovsky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast. The town of Shchigry serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
  
  As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shchigrovsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Shchigry is incorporated separately from the district as Shchigry Urban Okrug.
  
  