Pitkyaranta
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Pitkyaranta (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Pitkyarantsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the northeastern coast of Lake Ladoga. Population:
Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Pitkyaranta
- Russian town.ru_name
- Питкяранта
- Russian town.other_name
- Pitkyrandu
- Russian town.other_lang
- Karelian
- Russian town.image_skyline
- Pitkyaranta.jpg
- Russian town.image_caption
- A street in Pitkyaranta
- Russian town.map_label_position
- right
- Russian town.image_flag
- Flag of Pitkyaranta.svg
- Russian town.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Pitkyaranta.svg
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Republic of Karelia
- Russian town.adm_district_jur
- Pitkyarantsky District
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of
- Pitkyarantsky District
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.mun_district_jur
- Pitkyarantsky Municipal District
- Russian town.urban_settlement_jur
- Pitkyarantskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of1
- Pitkyarantsky Municipal District
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of2
- Pitkyarantskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian town.pop_2010census
- 11429
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 8094
- Area
- 12
- Image
- Питкяранта сверху (4).jpg
- Dialing code
- 81433
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- Commons category
- Pitkäranta
- postal code
- 186810
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Pitkyaranta (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Pitkyarantsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the northeastern coast of Lake Ladoga. Population:
==History== Originally a part of Finland, Pitkäranta was part of the municipality of Impilahti. Pitkäranta was the largest settlement center in Impilahti, with about 2,000 inhabitants in the late 1930s. Pitkäranta was also the center of Salmi Parish. The Pitkäranta Orthodox parish comprised the eastern part of Impilahti municipality and the Uuksu area of Salmi. Pitkäranta also formed a prayer room under the Impilahti Lutheran Congregation. There was also a secondary school in Pitkäranta.
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