Chernyakhovsky District

Chernyakhovsky District (Russian: Черняховский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.^[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Chernyakhovsky Municipal District.^[4] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,285.75 square kilometers (496.43 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the town of Chernyakhovsk.^[2] Population: 51,936 (2010 census);^[3] 57,521 (2002 Census);^[5] 12,806 (1989 Soviet census).^[6][7] The population of Chernyakhovsk accounts for 77.9% of the district's total population.^[3]

Chernyakhovsky District Черняховский район (Russian)
District
Gvardeisk, Chernyakhovsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Chernyakhovsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°38′N 21°49′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kaliningrad Oblast[1]
Established	7 April 1946
Administrative center	Chernyakhovsk[2]
Area
• Total	1,285.75 km2 (496.43 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	51,936
• Density	40.394/km2 (104.62/sq mi)
• Urban	77.9%
• Rural	22.1%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns of district significance, 3 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[2]	1 cities/towns, 101 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Chernyakhovsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements
Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20120814110333/http://inster39.ru/

Transportation

The main railway line from Kaliningrad to Moscow passes through the district; there are two more railway lines from Chernyakhovsk to Zheleznodorozhny and from Chernyakhovsk to Sovetsk. The main road from Kaliningrad to Moscow via Lithuania also passes through the district.