Gatchinsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

) of Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. Its administrative center is the town of Gatchina

Gatchina

Gatchina is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located south of St. Petersburg by the road leading to Pskov...

 (which is not administratively a part of the district). District's population: Area: 2868.7 square kilometres (1,107.6 sq mi).

The district was established in 1927 as Krasnogvardeysky District , which was renamed Gatchinsky in 1944. In 1953, parts of abolished Pavlovsky District were merged into Gatchinsky District. In 1963—1965, Lomonosovsky District

Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast

Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast is an administrative district , one of the 17 in Leningrad Oblast, Russia....

 was merged into Gatchinsky District, while at the same time parts of Gatchinsky District were transferred to Luzhsky District

Luzhsky District

Luzhsky District is an administrative district , one of the 17 in Leningrad Oblast, Russia....

. In 1965, however, Gatchinsky District was restored in old borders.

The town of Kommunar

Kommunar, Leningrad Oblast

Kommunar is a town in Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated south of St. Petersburg. Population: It was founded in the 1840s by the land owner countess Yuliya Samoylova as Grafskaya Slavyanka . In 1846 it was purchased by the government and renamed Tsarskaya Slavyanka...

 and four urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

s (Druzhnaya Gorka, Siversky

Siversky

Siversky is an urban locality in Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Oredezh River...

, Taytsy, and Vyritsa) are located on the district's territory.