Svetlogorsky District

Svetlogorsky District
Светлогорский район
Yantarny Park, a protected area of Russia, in Svetlogorsky District
Yantarny Park, a protected area of Russia, in Svetlogorsky District
Flag of Svetlogorsky District
Coat of arms of Svetlogorsky District
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Location of Svetlogorsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°56′N 20°09′E / 54.933°N 20.150°E / 54.933; 20.150
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaliningrad Oblast[1]
Established2 November 2007Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerSvetlogorsk[2]
Area
 • Total33.16 km2 (12.80 sq mi)
Population
 • Total14,875
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 • Urban
98.5%
 • Rural
1.5%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns of district significance, 2 Urban-type settlements of district significance
 • Inhabited localities[2]1 cities/towns, 2 Urban-type settlements[5], 4 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asSvetlogorsky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]3 urban settlements, 0 rural settlements
Websitehttp://www.svetlogorsk39.ru

Svetlogorsky District (Russian: Светлого́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Svetlogorsky Municipal District.[6] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 33.16 square kilometers (12.80 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Svetlogorsk.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 14,875, with the population of Svetlogorsk accounting for 72.4% of that number.[4]

  1. ^ a b Law #463
  2. ^ a b c Resolution #639
  3. ^ a b "About the Municipal Formation" (in Russian). Svetlogorsky District. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  6. ^ a b c Law #182