En Name: | Guryevsky District |
Ru Name: | Гурьевский район |
Image View: | Frisches Haff bei Königsberg.jpg |
Coordinates: | 54.7667°N 56°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Guryevsk (Kaliningrad oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Kaliningrad Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Guryevsk |
Town Of District Significance Type: | Towns of district significance |
No Of Towns Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 7 |
No Of Cities Towns: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 146 |
Mun Data As Of: | May 2013 |
Mun Formation1: | Guryevsky Urban Okrug |
Area Km2: | 1284 |
Pop 2010Census: | 52988 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 23.5% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 76.5% |
Website: | http://gurievsk.gov39.ru/ |
Date: | February 2012 |
Guryevsky District (ru|Гу́рьевский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Guryevsky Urban Okrug.[2] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1284km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Guryevsk.[4] Population: 47,330 (2002 Census); The population of Guryevsk accounts for 23.5% of the district's total population.
The district is situated around Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. For this reason the main railway lines and roads pass through the district.
To the north the district reaches the Curonian Lagoon, to the southwest—the Vistula Lagoon. In the west, parted from the rest of the district by Kaliningrad, the town of Svetly is located on the Vistula Lagoon.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Guryevsky District is one of the fifteen in the oblast. The town of Guryevsk serves as its administrative center.
As a municipal division, the district has been incorporated as Guryevsky Urban Okrug since May 31, 2013. Prior to that date, the district was incorporated as Guryevsky Municipal District, which was subdivided into one urban settlement and seven rural settlements, including Orekhovka.