Nesterovsky District

Coordinates: 54°38′N 22°34′E / 54.633°N 22.567°E / 54.633; 22.567

Nesterovsky District (Russian: Не́стеровский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion) of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. The district's administrative center is the town of Nesterov. District's population: 16,219 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[1] 17,250 (2002 Census);^[2] 15,181 (1989 Census).^[3]

The district is situated in the far southeast of the oblast and borders Lithuania and Poland. It also borders Krasnoznamensky District in the north, and Gusevsky and Ozyorsky Districts in the west. It is sparsely populated.

Municipally, it is divided into one urban and three rural settlements:

• Nesterovskoye Urban Settlement
• Chistoprudnenskoye Rural Settlement
• Ilyushinskoye Rural Settlement
• Prigorodnoye Rural Settlement

In Nesterov, there is a border train station to Lithuania on the line from Kaliningrad to Moscow. In Chernyshevskoye, an important border crossing point on the principal road connecting Kaliningrad to Moscow is located.

Near the settlement of Yasnaya Polyana the former stable of the Trakehner horse breed is located, as well as a museum for the breed.

References

1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
2. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
3. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.