Chernyakhovsky District

Chernyakhovsky District
Черняховский район (Russian)

Location of Chernyakhovsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°38′N 21°49′E / 54.633°N 21.817°E / 54.633; 21.817Coordinates: 54°38′N 21°49′E / 54.633°N 21.817°E / 54.633; 21.817
Coat of arms
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Kaliningrad Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of November 2011)
Administrative center town of Chernyakhovsk[2]
Administrative divisions:[2]
Towns of district significance 1
Rural okrugs 3
Inhabited localities:[2]
Cities/towns 1
Rural localities 101
Municipal structure (as of July 2009)
Municipally incorporated as Chernyakhovsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 3
Statistics
Area 1,285.75 km2 (496.43 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 51,936 inhabitants[4]
 Urban 77.9%
 Rural 22.1%
Density 40.39/km2 (104.6/sq mi)[5]
Time zone USZ1 (UTC+02:00)[6]
Official website
Chernyakhovsky District on WikiCommons

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.[3] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,285.75 square kilometers (496.43 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Chernyakhovsk.[2] Population: 51,936(2010 Census);[4] 57,521 (2002 Census);[7] 12,806(1989 Census).[8][9] The population of Chernyakhovsk accounts for 77.9% of the district's total population.[4]

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.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Law #463
  2. 1 2 3 4 Resolution #639
  3. 1 2 3 Law #262
  4. 1 2 3 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. In 1989, Chernyakhovsk was administratively incorporated separately from the district, so the 1989 Census data do not include its population.

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