Rayakoski
Раякоски
Inhabited locality[1]
Coat of arms of Rayakoski
Coat of arms
Location of Rayakoski
Map
Rayakoski is located in Russia
Rayakoski
Rayakoski
Location of Rayakoski
Rayakoski is located in Murmansk Oblast
Rayakoski
Rayakoski
Rayakoski (Murmansk Oblast)
Coordinates: 69°01′07″N 29°00′00″E / 69.01861°N 29.00000°E / 69.01861; 29.00000
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast[1]
Administrative districtPechengsky District[1]
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total238
 • Municipal districtPechengsky Municipal District[3]
 • Urban settlementNikel Urban Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
184404
Dialing code(s)+7 81554
OKTMO ID47615151111
Proposed coat of arms of Rayakoski

Rayakoski (Russian: Раякоски; Finnish: Jäniskoski/Rajakoski, Norwegian: Grensefoss lit. border rapids) is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia,[1] located adjacent to the tripoint between Finland, Norway, and Russia. Population: 238 (2010 Census).[2]

Overview

Rayakoski is located around the Rayakoski Hydroelectric Power Plant, built in 1956.

History

In 1947, Finland sold the 169 square kilometer (65 sq mi) Jäniskoski area with its hydroelectric plant, in exchange for Soviet-confiscated German investments in Finland.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 47 215 000 002», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 47 215 000 002, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  2. ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Территориальный орган федеральной службы государственной статистики по Мурманской области (Мурманскстат) (Federal State Statistics Service. Territorial Branch of the Federal Statistics Service in Murmansk Oblast (Murmanskstat)) (2012). "2010. Статистический сборник "Численность, размещение и возрастно-половой состав населения Мурманской области. Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения". Том 1" [2010 Statistical Digest "Size, Distribution, and the Age and Gender Characteristics of the Population of Murmansk Oblast. Results of the All-Russian Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Archived from the original on December 22, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Law #539-01-ZMO
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Russian Post. Эталонный справочник индексов объектов почтовой связи (in Russian)

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