Ozyorsk

Also known as Ozërsk (Kaliningrad)

human settlement in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

Key facts

Country: Russia
Federal subject: Kaliningrad Oblast
Administrative district: Ozyorsky District
Town of district significance selsoviet: Ozyorsk
Elevation: 80 m (260 ft)
Total: 4,740
Estimate 2023: 4,321 ( −8.8% )
Capital of: Ozyorsky District, town of district significance of Ozyorsk
Municipal district: Ozyorsky Urban Okrug
Time zone: UTC+2 ( MSK–1 )

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Ozyorsk (Russian: Озёрск, until 1938 German: Darkehmen; Polish: Darkiejmy; Lithuanian: Darkiemis; from 1938 to 1946 German: Angerapp) is a town and the administrative center of Ozyorsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Angrapa River near the border with Poland, 120 kilometers (75 mi) southeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 4,740 (2010 census); 5,801 (2002 census); 6,219 (1989 Soviet census).

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