Saint Petersburg metropolitan area

The Saint Petersburg metropolitan area is a metropolitan area that is centered around Saint Petersburg. It includes the entire territory of the federal city of Saint Petersburg and part of the territory of Leningrad Oblast. The metropolitan area extends for about 50 km (31 mi) from the center of Saint Petersburg.[1]

Saint Petersburg metropolitan area
Санкт-Петербургская агломерация
Coordinates: 59°56′N 30°19′E
Country Russia
Major CitiesSaint Petersburg
Gatchina
Murino
Vsevolozhsk
Area
 • Metro
11,600 km2 (4,500 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
6,200,000
 • Metro density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)

The population of the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area is approximately 6.2 million people of the urbanized population[2][3] (including St. Petersburg, Vsevolozhsky, most of Gatchinsky and Lomonosovsky Districts, and part of Kirovsky and Tosnensky Districts of Leningrad Oblast), and the remaining parts of the above municipal districts of Leningrad Oblast, including the Sosnovy Bor, whose area is approximately 12.6 thousand km².[4] It is the second largest metropolitan area in Russia after Moscow.

References
  1. V. A. Ulanov (2007). Ленинградская область: Знаете ли вы? [Leningrad region: Did you know?]. St. Petersburg: Parity. p. 291-292. ISBN 978-5-93437-281-2.
  2. As of the 2021 census
  3. "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. Солодилов В. В. (2005). "Транспортно-коммуникационная основа согласованного развития Москвы и Санкт-Петербурга" (PDF). Фонд «Центр стратегический разработок „Северо-запад“». Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2008-09-16.


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