Gatchinsky District
| Gatchinsky District Гатчинский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 59°20′N 30°05′E / 59.333°N 30.083°ECoordinates: 59°20′N 30°05′E / 59.333°N 30.083°E | |
 The Izhora River near Myza-Ivanovka in Gatchinsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2013) | |
| Administrative center | town of Gatchina |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Settlement municipal formations | 11 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 2 |
| Urban-type settlements | 4 |
| Rural localities | 234 |
| Municipal structure (as of June 2013) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Gatchinsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 6 |
| Rural settlements | 11 |
| Statistics | |
| Area (1997) | 2,868.7 km2 (1,107.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 140,210 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 36.1% |
| • Rural | 63.9% |
| Density | 48.88/km2 (126.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | 1927 |
| Previous names |
Trotsky District (until 1927), Krasnoarmeysky District (until 1944) |
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Gatchinsky District (Russian: Га́тчинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwestern central part of the oblast and borders with Krasnoselsky, Moskovsky, and Pushkinsky Districts of the federal city of St. Petersburg in the north, Tosnensky District in the east, Luzhsky District in the south, Volosovsky District in the west, and with Lomonosovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,868.7 square kilometers (1,107.6 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Gatchina. Population (excluding the administrative center): 140,210 (2010 Census); 132,010 (2002 Census);138,022 (1989 Census).
The northern part of the district is essentially a mixture of urban areas - suburbs of Saint Petersburg - and summer house areas. The central and the southern parts are forested. Much of the area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Luga River, a tributary of the Gulf of Finland. The main tributary of the Luga within the district is the Oredezh River. Minor areas in the east of the district belong to the basin of the Tosna River, and the northern part of the district, including the town of Gatchina, belongs to the basin of the Izhora River. Both the Tosna and the Izhora are left tributaries of the Neva. Minor areas in the northwest in the district belong to the basin of the Strelka River, also a tributary of the Gulf of Finland.
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