Kurortny District

Coordinates: 60°10′10″N 29°54′39″E / 60.169581°N 29.910718°E

Kurortny District (highlighted in dark) in St. Petersburg

Kurortny District (Russian: Куро́ртный райо́н) is a district of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus along the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Population: 70,589 (2010 Census);[1] 67,511 (2002 Census).[2]

It includes the municipal towns of Sestroretsk (population 40,287 as of the 2002 Census) and Zelenogorsk (pop. 12,074), as well as the municipal settlements of Beloostrov (1,690), Komarovo (1,062), Molodyozhnoye (1,437), Pesochny (6,487), Repino (2,011), Serovo (252), Smolyachkovo (568), Solnechnoye (1,161), and Ushkovo (482).

Tourism in the district is driven by Finnish bus tours. The current hotel stock is predominantly economy class, with few four star hotels. Plans to develop the region's hotel stock are coming to fruition, but the area lacks strong tourist demand.

A large hospital and rehabilitation center is situated in the town of Sestroretsk. It is the City Hospital No. 40 of Saint Petersburg.

References

  1. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.