En Name: | Ozyorsky District |
Ru Name: | Озёрский район |
Image View: | Darkehmen Marktplatz.jpg |
Coordinates: | 54.4167°N 23°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Ozyorsk (Kaliningrad oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Kaliningrad Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Ozyorsk |
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: | 101 |
Mun Data As Of: | June 2014 |
Mun Formation1: | Ozyorsky Urban Okrug |
Area Km2: | 877 |
Pop 2010Census: | 15316 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 30.9% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 69.1% |
Website: | http://ozyorsk.ru/ |
Date: | February 2012 |
Ozyorsky District (Russian: Озёрский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 877km2.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Ozyorsk.[2] Population: 17,239 (2002 Census); The population of Ozyorsk accounts for 30.9% of the district's total population.
The district is situated in the southeast of the oblast, at the border with Poland. It is sparsely populated. The Angrapa River flows through the district. Forests and steppe pasture-land prevail.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ozyorsky District is one of the fifteen in the oblast.[3] The town of Ozyorsk serves as its administrative center.
As a municipal division, the district has been incorporated as Ozyorsky Urban Okrug since June 11, 2014.[4] Prior to that date, the district was incorporated as Ozyorsky Municipal District, which was subdivided into one urban settlement and three rural settlements.[5]
District economy is agrarian. No major roads or railways pass through the district; bus lines carry most of the public transit.