Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- Administrative district
- Svetlogorsky District
- Town of district significance selsoviet
- Svetlogorsk
- Elevation
- 40 m (130 ft)
- Total
- 10,772
- Estimate 2023
- 16,771 ( +55.7% )
- Capital of
- Svetlogorsky District, town of district significance of Svetlogorsk
- Municipal district
- Svetlogorsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Svetlogorskoye Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( MSK–1 )
- Postal codes
- 238560, 238561, 238563
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Svetlogorsk (Russian: Светлого́рск [svʲɪtlɐˈɡorsk] ; German: Rauschen [ˈʁaʊ̯ʃən] ; Lithuanian: Raušiai) is a coastal resort town and the administrative center of Svetlogorsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the coast of the Baltic Sea on the Sambia Peninsula, 39 kilometers (24 mi) northwest of Kaliningrad. In the 2021 census, it had a population of: 16,099 (2021 census); .
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