Baltiysky District, Kaliningrad Oblast

Baltiysky District
Балтийский район
Vistula Spit, Baltiysky District
Location of Baltiysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°39′N 19°55′E / 54.650°N 19.917°E / 54.650; 19.917
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaliningrad Oblast
Administrative centerBaltiysk
Area
  Total
101 km2 (39 sq mi)
Population
  Total
36,047
  Density360/km2 (920/sq mi)
  Urban
96.1%
  Rural
3.9%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions2 Towns of district significance, 1 Rural okrugs
  Inhabited localities2 cities/towns, 10 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asBaltiysky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions2 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+2 (MSK–1 )
OKTMO ID27605000
Websitehttp://www.baltijsk.net

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

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. Baltiysky District shares a border with Zelenogradsky District in the north, and an international border with Poland in the south.