Ozyorsky District (russian: Озёрский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
fifteen in
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administr ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southeast of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Ozyorsk.
[Resolution #639] Population: 17,239 (
2002 Census);
The population of Ozyorsk accounts for 30.9% of the district's total population.
Geography
The district is situated in the southeast of the oblast, at the border with
Poland
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. It is sparsely populated. The
Angrapa River
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flows through the district. Forests and steppe pasture-land prevail.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Ozyorsky District is one of the
fifteen in the oblast.
[Law #463] The
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Ozyorsk serves as its
administrative center
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.
As a
municipal division, the district has been incorporated as Ozyorsky Urban Okrug since June 11, 2014.
[Law #320] Prior to that date, the district was incorporated as Ozyorsky Municipal District, which was subdivided into one urban settlement and three rural settlements.
[Law #259]
Economy
District economy is agrarian. No major roads or railways pass through the district; bus lines carry most of the public transit.
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Districts of Kaliningrad Oblast