Kurortny District
Курортный район | |
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Coordinates: 60°10′N 29°55′E / 60.167°N 29.917°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | federal city of St. Petersburg[1] |
Established | 21 August 1946 |
Area | |
• Total | 267.9177 km2 (103.4436 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 70,589 |
• Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) |
Website | http://gov.spb.ru/gov/terr/reg_kurort/ |
Kurortny District (Russian: Куро́ртный райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus along the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 70,589;[3] up from 67,511 recorded in the 2002 Census.[4]
Kurortny District comprises two municipal towns (Sestroretsk and Zelenogorsk) and nine municipal settlements (Beloostrov, Komarovo, Molodyozhnoye, Pesochny, Repino, Serovo, Smolyachkovo, Solnechnoye, and Ushkovo).[1]
Tourism in the district is driven by Finnish bus tours. The current hotel stock is predominantly economy class, with a few four star hotels. Plans to develop the region's hotel stock are coming to fruition, but the area lacks strong tourist demand.[citation needed]
A large hospital and rehabilitation center is situated in Sestroretsk.