Nesterovsky District

Nesterovsky District Нестеровский район (Russian)
Location of Nesterovsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°38′N 22°34′E / 54.633°N 22.567°E / 54.633; 22.567Coordinates: 54°38′N 22°34′E / 54.633°N 22.567°E / 54.633; 22.567
Krasnolesye, Nesterovsky District
Coat of arms	Flag
Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kaliningrad Oblast
Administrative structure (as of November 2011)
Administrative center	town of Nesterov
Administrative divisions:
Towns of district significance	1
Rural okrugs	3
Inhabited localities:
Cities/towns	1
Rural localities	53
Municipal structure (as of July 2009)
Municipally incorporated as	Nesterovsky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements	1
Rural settlements	3
Statistics
Area	1,062 km2 (410 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)	16,213 inhabitants
• Urban	28.3%
• Rural	71.7%
Density	15.27/km2 (39.5/sq mi)
Time zone	USZ1 (UTC+02:00)
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Nesterovsky District (Russian: Не́стеровский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Nesterovsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Krasnoznamensky District in the north, Lithuania in the east, Poland in the south, and with Gusevsky and Ozyorsky Districts in the west. The area of the district is 1,062 square kilometers (410 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Nesterov. Population: 16,213 (2010 Census); 17,250 (2002 Census);15,181 (1989 Census). The population of Nesterov accounts for 28.3% of the district's total population.

In Nesterov, there is a border railway station to Lithuania on the line from Kaliningrad to Moscow. In Chernyshevskoye, an important border crossing point on the principal road connecting Kaliningrad to Moscow is located.

Near the settlement of Yasnaya Polyana, the former stable of the Trakehner horse breed is located, as well as a museum for the breed.

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