historic town and the administrative center of Kemsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia
Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Republic of Karelia
- Administrative district
- Kemsky District
- Elevation
- 10 m (33 ft)
- Total
- 13,051
- Estimate 2023
- 9,712 ( −25.6% )
- Capital of
- Kemsky District
- Municipal district
- Kemsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Kemskoye Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( UTC+03:00 )
- Postal code
- 18661x
- Dialing code
- +7 81458
- Website
- kem .onego .ru /kem /
via Wikipedia infobox
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Kem (Russian: Кемь; Finnish and Karelian: Kemi, sometimes Vienan Kemi) is a historic town and the administrative center of Kemsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shores of the White Sea where the Kem River enters it, on the railroad leading from Petrozavodsk to Murmansk. It had a population of 13,051 as of 2010, which was down from previous years.
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