Priozersky District
Priozersky District
Приозерский район (Russian) | |
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The Tikhaya River near Brigadnoye in Priozersky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 61°02′N 30°07′E / 61.033°N 30.117°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Established | 9 July 1940 |
| Administrative center | Priozersk |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,579.5 km2 (1,382.1 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 43,260 |
| • Density | 12.09/km2 (31.30/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10.3% |
| • Rural | 89.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 12 settlement municipal formation |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 101 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Priozersky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 41639000 |
| Website | http://priozersk.lenobl.ru/ |
Priozersky District (Russian: Приозерский район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the north, Vsevolozhsky District in the south, and Vyborgsky District in the west. In the east, the district is bounded by Lake Ladoga. The area of the district is 3,597.5 square kilometers (1,389.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Priozersk. Population (excluding the administrative center): 43,260 (2010 census); 42,859 (2002 Census); 40,231 (1989 Soviet census).