Polessky District (russian: Поле́сский райо́н) is an administrative district (

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), one of the fifteen in

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.Law #463 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Polessky Municipal District.Law #260 It is located in the center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Polessk Polessk (russian: Поле́сск; german: Labiau; lt, Labguva; pl, Labiawa) is a town and the administrative center of Polessky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast ...

.Resolution #639 As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 19,205, with the population of Polessk accounting for 39.5% of that number.

Geography

The district is situated in the center of the oblast, with the

Curonian Lagoon The Curonian Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf; russian: Куршский залив, lt, Kuršių marios, pl, Zalew Kuroński, german: Kurisches Haff, lv, Kuršu joma) is a freshwater lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit. Its surfac ...

to the north. The

Deyma River The Deyma (russian: link=no, Дейма; german: link=no, Deime; lt, link=no, Deimena) is a river in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. It separates from the Pregolya at Gvardeysk, flows through Polessk, and ends at the Curonian Lagoon. The Polessk Can ...

, a branch of the

Pregolya The Pregolya or Pregola (russian: Прего́ля; german: Pregel; lt, Prieglius; pl, Pregoła) is a river in the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast exclave. Name A possible ancient name by Ptolemy of the Pregolya River is Chronos (from Germanic *''h ...

, flows through the district. Near Polessk, the

Polessk Canal Polessk (russian: Поле́сск; german: Labiau; lt, Labguva; pl, Labiawa) is a town and the administrative center of Polessky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast ...

connects the Pregolya and the Neman Rivers, crossing a bog.

History

The district was established on April 7, 1946 as Labiausky District (). It was given its present name on September 7, 1946.

Economy

Economy is focused on fishery and agriculture. The railway line from

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

Sovetsk Sovetsk (russian: Сове́тск) is the name of several urban localities in Russia. *Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, formerly Tilsit * Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast, a town in Sovetsky District of Kirov Oblast; * Sovetsk, T ...

, and the Kaliningrad– Guryevsk–Polessk–

Bolshakovo Bolshakovo (russian: Большако́во, pl, Skajzgiry, lt, Didieji Skaisgiriai, german: Groß Skaisgirren or ' (1938-1946)), also referred to as Bolshakovo-Novoye (russian: Большако́во-Новое), is a settlement located in the ...

road lead parallel with the shore of the

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Districts of Kaliningrad Oblast States and territories established in 1946