Chernyakhovsk

Chernyakhovsk
Черняховск
Town[1]
Town centre and a statue of Michael Barclay de Tolly
Town centre and a statue of Michael Barclay de Tolly
Flag of Chernyakhovsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Chernyakhovsk
Coat of arms
Location of Chernyakhovsk
Map
Chernyakhovsk is located in Kaliningrad Oblast
Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk
Location of Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk is located in European Russia
Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk (European Russia)
Chernyakhovsk is located in Europe
Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk (Europe)
Coordinates: 54°38′05″N 21°48′43″E / 54.63472°N 21.81194°E / 54.63472; 21.81194
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaliningrad Oblast[1]
Administrative districtChernyakhovsky District[1]
Town of district significanceChernyakhovsk[1]
Founded1337[2]
Town status since10 October 1583
Area
 • Total58 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
 • Density628/km2 (1,630/sq mi)
 • Capital ofChernyakhovsky District,[1] town of district significance of Chernyakhovsk[1]
 • Municipal districtChernyakhovsky Municipal District[3]
 • Urban settlementChernyakhovskoye Urban Settlement[3]
 • Capital ofChernyakhovsky Municipal District,[3] Chernyakhovskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+2 (MSK–1 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
238150–238154, 238158, 238165, 238169, 238170, 238816
Dialing code(s)+7 40141
OKTMO ID27739000001
Websiteinster39.ru
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Chernyakhovsk (Russian: Черняхо́вск), known prior to 1946 by its German name of Insterburg[6] (audioⓘ; Lithuanian: Įsrutis; Polish: Wystruć), is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and the administrative center of Chernyakhovsky District. Located at the confluence of the Instruch and Angrapa rivers, which unite to become the Pregolya river below Chernyakhovsk, the town had a population in 2017 of 36,423.

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  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ Kaemmerer, Margarete (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). p. 65. ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.