Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk
Черняховск | |
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Town centre and a statue of Michael Barclay de Tolly | |
Location of Chernyakhovsk | |
| Coordinates: 54°38′05″N 21°48′43″E / 54.63472°N 21.81194°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Administrative district | Chernyakhovsky District |
| Town of district significance | Chernyakhovsk |
| Founded | 1337 |
| Town status since | 10 October 1583 |
| Area | |
• Total | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population | |
• Estimate () | 36,423 |
| • Density | 628/km2 (1,630/sq mi) |
| • Capital of | Chernyakhovsky District, town of district significance of Chernyakhovsk |
| • Municipal district | Chernyakhovsky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Chernyakhovskoye Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Chernyakhovsky Municipal District, Chernyakhovskoye Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (MSK–1 ) |
| Postal code(s) | 238150–238154, 238158, 238165, 238169, 238170, 238816 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 40141 |
| OKTMO ID | 27739000001 |
| Website | inster39 |
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Chernyakhovsk (Russian: Черняхо́вск; German: Insterburg) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and the administrative center of Chernyakhovsky District. Located at the confluence of the Instruch and Angrapa rivers, which unite to become the Pregolya river below Chernyakhovsk, the town had a population in 2017 of 36,423.