Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast
Vyborgsky District
Выборгский район | |
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Lake Zerkalnoye in Vyborgsky District | |
Location of Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 60°42′33″N 28°44′39″E / 60.70917°N 28.74417°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Established | March 1940 |
| Administrative center | Vyborg |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,475 km2 (2,886 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 120,446 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 43.3% |
| • Rural | 56.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 5 Settlement municipal formations (towns), 2 Settlement municipal formations (urban-type settlements), 5 Settlement municipal formations (rural settlements) |
| • Inhabited localities | 5 cities/towns, 3 urban-type settlements, 173 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Vyborgsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 7 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 41615000 |
| Website | http://www.vbglenobl.ru/ |
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Vyborgsky District (Russian: Вы́боргский райо́н, romanized: Výborgskiy raión, IPA: [ˈvɨbərkskʲɪj rɐˈjɵn]) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast on the Karelian Isthmus and borders with Priozersky District in the northeast, Vsevolozhsky District in the east, Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg in the south, Kymenlaakso and South Karelia regions of Finland in the northwest, and Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the north. From the southwest, the district is limited by the Gulf of Finland. The area of the district is 7,475.472 square kilometers (2,886.296 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Vyborg. Population (excluding the administrative center): 120,446 (2010 Census); 113,748 (2002 Census); 108,571 (1989 Soviet census).