En Name: | Nesterovsky District |
Ru Name: | Нестеровский район |
Image View: | Краснолесье - panoramio (6064).jpg |
Coordinates: | 54.6333°N 56°W |
Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Nesterovsky_rayon_(Kaliningrad_oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Kaliningrad Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Nesterov |
Town Of District Significance Type: | Towns of district significance |
No Of Towns Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 3 |
No Of Cities Towns: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 53 |
Mun Data As Of: | July 2009 |
Mun Formation1: | Nesterovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 3 |
Area Km2: | 1062 |
Pop 2010Census: | 16213 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 28.3% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 71.7% |
Website: | http://www.admnesterov.ru |
Date: | February 2012 |
Nesterovsky District (Russian: Не́стеровский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Nesterovsky Municipal District.[2] It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Krasnoznamensky District in the north, Marijampolė County to the east in Lithuania, Warmia-Masuria in the south in Poland and with Gusevsky and Ozyorsky Districts in the west. The area of the district is 1062km2. Its administrative center is the town of Nesterov.[3] Population: 17,250 (2002 Census); The population of Nesterov accounts for 28.3% of the district's total population.
In Nesterov, there is a border railway station to Lithuania on the line from Kaliningrad to Moscow. In Chernyshevskoye, an important border crossing point on the principal road connecting Kaliningrad to Moscow is located.
Near the settlement of Yasnaya Polyana, the former stable of the Trakehner horse breed is located, as well as a museum for the breed.