Chernyakhovsky District (Russian: Черняховский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Chernyakhovsky Municipal District. 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. Population: 51,936 (2010 Russian census); 57,521 (2002 Census); 12,806 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Chernyakhovsk accounts for 77.9% of the district's total population.
Chernyakhovsky District Черняховский район | |
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Coordinates: 54°38′N 21°49′E / 54.633°N 21.817°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast |
Established | 7 April 1946 |
Administrative center | Chernyakhovsk |
Area | |
• Total | 1,285.75 km2 (496.43 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 51,936 |
• Estimate (2018) | 46,937 (−9.6%) |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 77.9% |
• Rural | 22.1% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 3 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 101 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Chernyakhovsky Municipal District |
• Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements |
Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20120814110333/http://inster39.ru/ |
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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