Bashmakovsky District

Bashmakovsky District (Башмако́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1618 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Bashmakovo. Population: 23,304 (2010 Census); The population of Bashmakovo accounts for 44.7% of the district's total population.

Notable residents

 * Anna Konkina (born 1947 in Kirillovka), racing cyclist