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Primorsk

Also known as Björkö, Koivisto

town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Key facts

Country: Russia
Federal subject: Leningrad Oblast
Administrative district: Vyborgsky District
Settlement municipal formation selsoviet: Primorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
Elevation: 5 m (16 ft)
Total: 6,119
Estimate 2024: 6,334 ( +3.5% )
Capital of: Primorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
Municipal district: Vyborgsky Municipal District
Urban settlement: Primorskoye Urban Settlement
Time zone: UTC+3 ( MSK )
Dialing code: +7 81378
Town day: Third Saturday of September

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Койвисто
Population: 6334
Elevation: 5
Image: Вики-встреча в Приморске 17 августа 2020 - 64.jpg
Dialing code: 81378

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postal code: 188910
Commons category: Primorsk (Leningrad Oblast)
time of earliest written record: 1927-00-00
native label: Björkö

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Primorsk (Russian: Примо́рск; Finnish: Koivisto; Swedish: Björkö) is a coastal town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia and is the second largest Russian port on the Baltic, after St. Petersburg. It is located on the Karelian Isthmus, 137 kilometers (85 mi) west of St. Petersburg, at the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland, near Beryozovye Islands (Finnish: Koivusaari (Koivistonsaari), Tiurinsaari ja Piisaari; Swedish: Björkö) which are protected as a sea bird sanctuary. Population: 6,119 (2010 census); 5,332 (2002 census); 6,637 (1989 Soviet census).

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