Baltiysky District, Kaliningrad Oblast Explained

En Name:Baltiysky District
Ru Name:Балтийский район
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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.

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  1. Law #463
  2. Law #274
  3. Resolution #639
  4. Web site: General Information. Baltiysky District. russian. August 31, 2016.