Alakurtti (rural locality)
Selo in Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Alakurtti (Russian: Алакуртти) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia,[1] located north of the Arctic Circle at an altitude of 192 meters (630 ft) above sea level. Its population at the 2010 Census was 3,424.[2] Before 1953 it was part of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, and was part of Finland up until 1940. [6]
Alakurtti
Алакуртти | |
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Residential area in Alakurtti | |
![]() Interactive map of Alakurtti | |
| Coordinates: 66°57′N 30°18′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Kandalakshsky District[1] |
| Territorial OkrugSelsoviet | Alakurttinsky Territorial Okrug |
| Elevation | 161 m (528 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,424 |
• Estimate (1989) | 6,349 (+85.4%) |
| • Municipal district | Kandalakshsky Municipal District[3] |
| • Rural settlement | Alakurtti Rural Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| Postal code[5] | 184060 |
| Dialing code | +7 81533 |
| OKTMO ID | 47608403101 |
