Chernyakhovsky District
Черняховский район
District
Gvardeisk, Chernyakhovsky District
Gvardeisk, Chernyakhovsky District
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Coat of arms of Chernyakhovsky District
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Location of Chernyakhovsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°38′N 21°49′E / 54.633°N 21.817°E / 54.633; 21.817
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaliningrad Oblast[1]
Established7 April 1946Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerChernyakhovsk[2]
Area
 • Total1,285.75 km2 (496.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total51,936
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
46,937 (−9.6%)
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
 • Urban
77.9%
 • Rural
22.1%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns of district significance, 3 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities[2]1 cities/towns, 101 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asChernyakhovsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[5]1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20120814110333/http://inster39.ru/

Chernyakhovsky District (Russian: Черняховский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Chernyakhovsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,285.75 square kilometers (496.43 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Chernyakhovsk.[2] Population: 51,936 (2010 Census);[3] 57,521 (2002 Census);[6] 12,806 (1989 Census).[7][8] The population of Chernyakhovsk accounts for 77.9% of the district's total population.[3]

Transportation

The main railway line from Kaliningrad to Moscow passes through the district; there are two more railway lines from Chernyakhovsk to Zheleznodorozhny and from Chernyakhovsk to Sovetsk. The main road from Kaliningrad to Moscow via Lithuania also passes through the district.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Law #463
  2. ^ a b c Resolution #639
  3. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Law #262
  6. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  8. ^ In 1989, Chernyakhovsk was administratively incorporated separately from the district, so the 1989 Census data do not include its population.

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