Primorsk
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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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