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Sosnovy Bor
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Sosnovy Bor is a city located in Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia. It is notable as a closed city that developed around nuclear industry facilities.
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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Leningrad Oblast
- Town status since
- 19 April 1973
- Elevation
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Total
- 65,788
- Estimate 2024
- 63,462 ( −3.5% )
- Rank
- 239th in 2010
- Subordinated to
- Sosnovoborsky Municipal Formation with Urban Okrug Status
- Capital of
- Sosnovoborsky Municipal Formation with Urban Okrug Status
- Urban okrug
- Sosnovoborsky Urban Okrug
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Postal codes
- 188540, 188541
- Dialing code
- +7 81369
- Town day
- 19 April
- Website
- www .sbor .ru
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Leningrad Oblast
- Population
- 63462
- Area
- 72
- Elevation
- 20
- Shares border with
- Lomonosovsky District
- Official website
- www.sbor.ru
- Image
- Sosnovy Bor, Petra Velikogo street.jpg
- Dialing code
- 81369
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- Commons category
- Sosnovy Bor
- inception
- 1958-01-01
- postal code
- 188540
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast
- topic's main category
- Category:Sosnovy Bor
- twinned administrative body
- Elektrostal
- native label
- Сосновый Бор
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Encyclopedic overview
Sosnovy Bor (Russian: Сосно́вый Бор, lit. pine forest) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Koporye Bay of the Gulf of Finland, 81 kilometers (50 mi) west of St. Petersburg. The town of Sosnovy Bor is surrounded by Lomonosovsky District. Population: 65,788 (2010 census); 66,132 (2002 census); 55,800 (1989 Soviet census).
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