Kingiseppsky District

Kingiseppsky District
Кингисеппский район
Mertvitsa River in Kingiseppsky District
Mertvitsa River in Kingiseppsky District
Flag of Kingiseppsky District
Coat of arms of Kingiseppsky District
Map
Location of Kingiseppsky District in Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 59°22′N 28°36′E / 59.367°N 28.600°E / 59.367; 28.600
CountryRussia
Federal subjectLeningrad Oblast[1]
Established1927Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerKingisepp[1]
Area
 • Total
2,908 km2 (1,123 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
78,183
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions9 settlement municipal formation
 • Inhabited localities[1]2 cities/towns, 188 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asKingiseppsky Municipal District[4]
 • Municipal divisions[4]2 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
OKTMO ID41621000
Websitehttp://www.kingisepplo.ru/

Kingiseppsky District (Russian: Кингисе́ппский райо́н, Finnish: Kingiseppin piiri) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Ida-Viru County of Estonia in the west, Lomonosovsky District in the northeast, Volosovsky District in the east, and with Slantsevsky District in the south. In the north and northwest it is washed by the waters of the Gulf of Finland. The area of the district is 2,908 square kilometers (1,123 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Kingisepp.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 19,830 (2010 Census);[3] 20,408 (2002 Census);[6] 34,081 (1989 Soviet census).[7]. Including the entire district: 78,183 (2010 Census);[3].

  1. ^ a b c d e Oblast Law #32-oz
  2. ^ a b Official website of Kingiseppsky District (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ a b c Law #81-oz
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.