Sosnovy Bor (Leningrad)

city Sosnovy Bor Сосновый Бор coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Leningrad Urban district Sosnovy Bor mayor Vladislav Golikov Founded 1958 City since 1973 surface 72  km² population 65,788 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 914 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81369 Post Code 188510; 188540-188544 License Plate 47 OKATO 41 454 Website www.sbor.ru/ Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 54 '  N , 29 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 54 '0 "  N , 29 ° 6' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Leningrad Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Sosnowy Bor ( Russian Сосновый Бор , lit. pine forest ) is a Russian city ​​80 km west of Saint Petersburg on a bay of the Gulf of Finland in Leningrad Oblast . It has 65,788 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

history

Kalishche railway station in Sosnovy Bor

The place was founded in 1958 as a rural settlement. Construction of the Leningrad nuclear power plant began there in 1967 , the first unit went online in 1973, the second in 1975. On April 19, 1973, the town was granted city rights. The most important employer is the nuclear power plant; There are also a number of research institutes and plants for the nuclear industry, as well as an engineering factory and a fish processing factory.

Sosnowy Bor owes the size of the city today mainly to the nuclear power plant. The city, like the cities of Pripyat and Desnogorsk, is a workers' city of a nuclear power plant. Almost everyone who lives in this city works in the nuclear power plant.

Because of the nuclear power plant, there is a restricted area around Sosnovy Bor that only authorized persons are allowed to enter.

Since 2008, the Leningrad II nuclear power plant has been built next to the existing power plant .

Population development

year	Residents
1959	1,742
1970	14,035
1979	42.205
1989	55,800
2002	66,132
2010	65,788

Note: census data

sons and daughters of the town

• Vladimir Goncharov (* 1977), marksman
• Pawel Brutt (* 1982), racing cyclist
• Dmitri Malyschko (* 1987), biathlete, 2014 Olympic champion in the relay competition

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Vladimir Goncharov in the database of Sports-Reference (English)

Web links

Commons : Sosnowy Bor  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City portrait on Russia Current
• City data on mojgorod.ru