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Polessk
Sign in to savePolessk (; ; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Polessky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast, at the junction of a main road and a railroad at the Deyma River, shortly before it enters the Curonian Lagoon. Population figures: 4,744 (1885).
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Polessk is a city in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, serving as the administrative center of Polessky District. Its official name is Labiau. The settlement was established in 1258 and has at various times been located within the Soviet Union. It covers an area of 11 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 3 meters above sea level.
The city has a population of 7,681, with another source citing 7,835 residents. It uses the postal code 238630 and the local dialing code 40158. Polessk is situated in the Europe/Kaliningrad time zone. The location has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and Nordisk familjebok.
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Place details
- Locality
- Полесск
- Region
- Калининградская область
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 7,835
- Timezone
- Europe/Kaliningrad
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Polessk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Полесск
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Laubiau_Innenstadt.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Labiawa COA.png
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map
- Russia Kaliningrad Oblast#European Russia#Europe
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Polessky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Polessk
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town of district significance
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Polessky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- town of district significance of Polessk
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Polessky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Polesskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Polessky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Polesskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 7581
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Labiau
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- 6544
- Area
- 11
- Elevation
- 3
- Capital of
- Polessky District
- Image
- Г. Полесск, замок Лабиау.JPG
- Dialing code
- 40158
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- Commons category
- Polessk
- inception
- 1258-00-00
- postal code
- 238630
- native label
- Labiau
- P6482
- Polessk
- P8168
- Ward of Bishopsgate
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Notable people
- References
- Sources
Polessk (; ; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Polessky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast, at the junction of a main road and a railroad at the Deyma River, shortly before it enters the Curonian Lagoon. Population figures: 4,744 (1885).
==Geography== The Polessk Canal begins in the town.
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