Klepikovsky District
# Klepikovsky District

Klepikovsky District (Russian: Клепико́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,235 square kilometers (1,249 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Spas-Klepiki. Population: 25,476 (2010 Census); 29,391 (2002 Census); 34,766 (1989 Census). The population of Spas-Klepiki accounts for 23.2% of the district's total population.

## Economy and transportation

The Mesherskoye peat narrow gauge railway serves a peat factory which became operational in 2013.

## Notable residents

* Abram Arkhipov (1862–1930), realist artist, born in the village of Yegorovo
