Baltiysky District, Kaliningrad Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Baltiysky District.

Baltiysky District (Russian: Балтийский район) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.^[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Baltiysky Municipal District.^[5] Its administrative center is the town of Baltiysk, which accounts for 90.7% of the district's total population of 36,047 (2010 Census).^[4][4][2] It is the westernmost district in Russia, with the abandoned village of Narmeln being the westernmost point.

Baltiysky District Балтийский район
District
Vistula Spit, Baltiysky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Baltiysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°39′N 19°55′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kaliningrad Oblast[1]
Administrative center	Baltiysk[2]
Area [3]
• Total	101 km2 (39 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	36,047
• Density	360/km2 (920/sq mi)
• Urban	96.1%
• Rural	3.9%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	2 Towns of district significance, 1 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[2]	2 cities/towns, 10 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Baltiysky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	2 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+2 (MSK–1 [6])
OKTMO ID	27605000
Website	http://www.baltijsk.net

Baltiysky District is located on the Sambia Peninsula in the west of the oblast along the Baltic Sea coast, and partially forms the Vistula Lagoon. The area of the district is 101 square kilometers (39 sq mi), with roughly half consisting of the Russian side of the Vistula Spit, which is an unpopulated exclusion zone except for a small portion on the northern tip that is part of Baltiysk.^[3] Baltiysky District shares a border with Zelenogradsky District in the north, and an international border with Poland in the south.