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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Place details
- Locality
- Полесск
- Region
- Калининградская область
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 7,835
- Timezone
- Europe/Kaliningrad
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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
Key dates
- Inception
- 1258
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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
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- P6482
- Polessk
- P8168
- Ward of Bishopsgate
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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.