Kestenga
Kestenga (Russian: Кестеньга; Karelian: Kiestinki; Finnish: Kiestinki) is a rural village in the Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in Russia on the northern shore of Lake Topozero.
Kestenga
Кестеньга | |
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 The church of Kestenga in 2021 | |
Location of Kestenga | |
  Kestenga Location of Kestenga  Kestenga Kestenga (Karelia) | |
| Coordinates: 65°53′7″N 31°49′53″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia |
| Administrative district | Loukhsky District[1] |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,277 |
| • Municipal district | Loukhsky Municipal District |
| • Rural settlement | Kestengskoye Rural Settlement |
| • Capital of | Kestengskoye Rural Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 186664 |
| OKTMO ID | 86621425101 |
It is the administrative centre of the Kestenga rural settlement.
There is a railway station on the Loukhi-Pyaozersky line.
As of the 2013 Census, its population was 1,117.
The village was at the center of the Battle of Kestenga in 1941 between the Finnish and Soviet Army during the Continuation War.
References
- 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 86221000007», 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 86221000007, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
- 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.
- Law #871-ZRK
- "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
External links
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