Kurortny District

Kurortny District
Курортный район (Russian)

Kurortny District on the 2006 map of St. Petersburg
Coordinates: 60°10′N 29°55′E / 60.167°N 29.917°E / 60.167; 29.917Coordinates: 60°10′N 29°55′E / 60.167°N 29.917°E / 60.167; 29.917

A beach in Sestroretsk, Kurortny District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject federal city of St. Petersburg[1]
Statistics
Area 267.9177 km2 (103.4436 sq mi)[2]
Population (2010 Census) 70,589 inhabitants[3]
Density 263.47/km2 (682.4/sq mi)[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Kurortny District on WikiCommons

Kurortny District (Russian: Куро́ртный райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus along the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 70,589;[3] up from 67,511 recorded in the 2002 Census.[6]

Municipal divisions

Kurortny District comprises two municipal towns (Sestroretsk and Zelenogorsk) and nine municipal settlements (Beloostrov, Komarovo, Molodyozhnoye, Pesochny, Repino, Serovo, Smolyachkovo, Solnechnoye, and Ushkovo).[1]

Tourism

Tourism in the district is driven by Finnish bus tours. The current hotel stock is predominantly economy class, with a few four star hotels. Plans to develop the region's hotel stock are coming to fruition, but the area lacks strong tourist demand.

Health

A large hospital and rehabilitation center is situated in Sestroretsk.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Law #411-68
  2. ↑ Official website of St. Petersburg. Kurortny District (Russian)
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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