Pichayevsky District
Pichayevsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The district borders with Morshansky District in the north, Zemetchinsky District of Penza Oblast in the east, Bondarsky District in the south, and with Sosnovsky District in the west. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Pichayevo. Population: 14,027 ; The population of Pichayevo accounts for 24.3% of the district's total population.
Geography
Pichayevsky District is in the north-east of Tambov Oblast, about 50 km northeast of the city of Tambov, and 15 km southeast of Morshansk. Three rivers run south to north through the district: the Kersha, the Big Lomovis, and the Kashma. 76.4% of the area is employed agriculture; the soils are chernozems. Forests cover 17.9% of territory, with cover of pine, oak, birch and aspen.The district is roughly triangular in shape, measuring about 35 km north–south and 50 km west–east across the base. The administrative center of the district is the city of Pichaevo. Subdivisions of the district include 10 rural settlements.
As of January, 2016, the three largest towns are Pichaevo, Baylovsky, and Lipovskii. To the north, the area is bordered by Morshansky District, in the east by Bashmakovsky District in Penza Oblast, in the south by Bondarsky District and Gavrilovsky District, and in the west by Sosnovsky District.