Ozyorsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast
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Ozyorsky District is a district (raion
) of Kaliningrad Oblast
, Russia
. The district's administrative center is the town of Ozyorsk
. District's population:
The district is situated in the southeast of the oblast, at the border to Poland
. It is populated sparsely. The river Angrapa
runs through the district.
In the district forests and steppe pasture-land prevail. Economy is centered around agriculture. No major roads or railways pass through the district, bus lines carry most of the public transit.
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 Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia situated on the Baltic coast. It has a population of The oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia. Since its creation it has been an exclave of the Russian SFSR and then the...
, 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...
. The district's administrative center is the town of Ozyorsk
Ozyorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Ozyorsk is a town and the administrative center of Ozyorsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Angrapa River, southeast of Chernyakhovsk near the border with the Polish Warmia-Masuria Voivodship. Population: -Notable residents:...
. District's population:
The district is situated in the southeast of the oblast, at the border to Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. It is populated sparsely. The river Angrapa
Angrapa
Angrapa is a river in northeastern Poland and Russia . It originates in Masuria and flows into the Pregolya, of which it is a main tributary.The Angrapa has a length of 172 km and a basin area of 3,639 km²...
runs through the district.
In the district forests and steppe pasture-land prevail. Economy is centered around agriculture. No major roads or railways pass through the district, bus lines carry most of the public transit.