Guryevsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast

Guryevsky District Гурьевский район (Russian)
Location of Guryevsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°46′N 20°36′E / 54.767°N 20.600°E / 54.767; 20.600Coordinates: 54°46′N 20°36′E / 54.767°N 20.600°E / 54.767; 20.600
View of the Vistula Lagoon, Guryevsky District
Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kaliningrad Oblast
Administrative structure (as of November 2011)
Administrative center	town of Guryevsk
Administrative divisions:
Towns of district significance	1
Rural okrugs	7
Inhabited localities:
Cities/towns	1
Rural localities	146
Municipal structure (as of May 2013)
Municipally incorporated as	Guryevsky Urban Okrug
Statistics
Area	1,363 km2 (526 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)	52,988 inhabitants
• Urban	23.5%
• Rural	76.5%
Density	38.88/km2 (100.7/sq mi)
Time zone	USZ1 (UTC+02:00)
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Guryevsky District (Russian: Гу́рьевский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Guryevsky Urban Okrug. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,363 square kilometers (526 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Guryevsk. Population: 52,988 (2010 Census); 47,330 (2002 Census);39,148 (1989 Census). The population of Guryevsk accounts for 23.5% of the district's total population.

The district is situated around Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. For this reason the main railway lines and roads pass through the district.

To the north the district reaches the Curonian Lagoon, to the southwest—the Vistula Lagoon. In the west, parted from the rest of the district by Kaliningrad, the town of Svetly is located on the Vistula Lagoon.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Guryevsky District is one of the fifteen in the oblast. The town of Guryevsk serves as its administrative center.

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