Vasileostrovsky District
Василеостровский район | |
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Coordinates: 59°56′38″N 30°14′30″E / 59.94389°N 30.24167°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | federal city of St. Petersburg[1] |
Established | 1917 |
Area | |
• Total | 21.4688 km2 (8.2892 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 203,058 |
• Density | 9,500/km2 (24,000/sq mi) |
Website | http://gov.spb.ru/gov/terr/reg_vasileostr/ |
Vasileostrovsky District (Russian: Василеостро́вский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 214,625;[3] down from 236,856 recorded in the 2002 Census.[4]
The district occupies the territories of Vasilyevsky and Dekabristov Islands and includes a smaller Serny Island.
The district was one of the first established in Petrograd in 1917.[citation needed]
Vasileostrovsky District comprises the following five municipal okrugs:[1]
Vasilievsky island is connected to the mainland by 6 bridges, 2 bridge of the Western Rapid Diameter and 4 other bridges built before. Also on Vasilevsky island there are 3 underground stations, which are on the green line they are the Primorskaya and Vasileostrovskaya, and the purple line station Sportivnaya. Three more stations were also built on the orange line.