En Name: | Baltiysky District |
Ru Name: | Балтийский район |
Image View: | Одно из мест для поиска янтаря.JPG |
Coordinates: | 54.65°N 74°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Baltiysk (Kaliningrad oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Kaliningrad Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Baltiysk |
Town Of District Significance Type: | Towns of district significance |
No Of Towns Of District Significance: | 2 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 1 |
No Of Cities Towns: | 2 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 10 |
Mun Data As Of: | July 2009 |
Mun Formation1: | Baltiysky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 2 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 1 |
Area Km2: | 101 |
Pop 2010Census: | 36047 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 96.1% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 3.9% |
Website: | http://www.baltijsk.net |
Date: | February 2012 |
Baltiysky District (Russian: Балти́йский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Baltiysky Municipal District.[2] Its administrative center is the town of Baltiysk, which accounts for 90.7% of the district's total population of [3] It is the westernmost district in Russia, with the abandoned village of Narmeln being the westernmost point.
Baltiysky District is located on the Sambia Peninsula in the west of the oblast along the Baltic Sea coast, and partially forms the Vistula Lagoon. The area of the district is 101km2, with roughly half consisting of the Russian side of the Vistula Spit, which is an unpopulated exclusion zone except for a small portion on the northern tip that is part of Baltiysk.[4] Baltiysky District shares a border with Zelenogradsky District in the north, and an international border with Poland in the south.