The area of the district is 699.3 square kilometers (270.0 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Neman.

[3] The district borders Lithuania along the Neman River.

The railway line from Chernyakhovsk to Sovetsk passes through the district, as well as a cargo line from Sovetsk to Neman, and the main road Kaliningrad–Talpaki–Sovetsk, which carries the major part of traffic to St. Petersburg via Lithuania and Latvia.

Nemansky District is sparsely populated; forests and steppe pasture-land prevail.