Fornosovo

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CountryRussia
Founded1948Edit this on Wikidata
Fornosovo
Форносово
Interactive map of Fornosovo
Fornosovo is located in Russia
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Fornosovo
Location of Fornosovo
Fornosovo is located in Leningrad Oblast
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Fornosovo
Fornosovo (Leningrad Oblast)
Coordinates: 59°34′13″N 30°33′02″E / 59.57028°N 30.55056°E / 59.57028; 30.55056
CountryRussia
Federal subjectLeningrad Oblast
Administrative districtTosnensky District[1]
Founded1948Edit this on Wikidata
Population
  Total
6,408
  Estimate 
(2024)
4,590 (−28.4%)
  Municipal districtTosnensky Municipal District[3]
  Urban settlementFornosovskoye Urban Settlement[3]
  Capital ofFornosovskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code[5]
187022Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID41648170051
Websitefornosovo-adm.ru/city/about/

Fornosovo (Russian: Форно́сово) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Khennaya River southeast of the town of Pavlovsk. Municipally it is incorporated as Fornosovskoye Urban Settlement, one of the seven urban settlements in the district. Population: 6,408(2010 census);[2] 4,866(2002 census);[6] 2,774(1989 Soviet census).[7]

Fornosovo was founded in 1948 to serve peat extraction in the area. On January 18, 1949, it was granted urban-type settlement status.[8][9]

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