Gatchinsky District

Gatchinsky District (Russian: Га́тчинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwestern central part of the oblast and borders with Krasnoselsky, Moskovsky, and Pushkinsky Districts of the federal city of St. Petersburg in the north, Tosnensky District in the east, Luzhsky District in the south, Volosovsky District in the west, and with Lomonosovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,868.7 square kilometers (1,107.6 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Gatchina. Population (excluding the administrative center): 140,210(2010 Census); 132,010 (2002 Census); 138,022(1989 Census).

Gatchinsky District
Гатчинский район
The Izhora River near Myza-Ivanovka in Gatchinsky District
Location of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 59°20′N 30°05′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectLeningrad Oblast
Established1927
Administrative centerGatchina
Area
  Total2,868.7 km2 (1,107.6 sq mi)
Population
  Total140,210
  Estimate 
(2018)
244,252 (+74.2%)
  Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
  Urban
36.1%
  Rural
63.9%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions11 Settlement municipal formations
  Inhabited localities2 cities/towns, 4 Urban-type settlements, 234 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asGatchinsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions6 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID41618000
Websitehttp://radm.gtn.ru/
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