Geography
Kostomuksha City District is located in the northwest of the Republic of Karelia, bordered by the Kalevala National District, Muezersky district, and Finland. Distance to the border with Finland (checkpoint «Luttia — Vartius») is 35 km away.
Statistics
364 km
distance to Petrozavodsk
Kostomuksha
administrative center
4,046 sq. km
area
30,274 people
population
Infrastructure
Transport accessibility is provided by rail and road transport. The main railway line Ledmozero — Kostomuksha — State Border runs through the territory of the district. Freight and passenger transportation is carried out by rail. Kostomuksha is located on the highway of federal significance Kochkom — Tiksha — Ledmozero — Kostomuksha — State Border.
The district isa border municipality of the Republic of Karelia and contains a railway and an international automobile checkpoint «Luttia».
Economics
Industrial enterprises form the basis of the economy of the district.
Large enterprises
- JSC «Karelian pellet»
- LLC «AEK»
- LLC «CTA»
- LLC «Karelian Wood Company»
- LLC «Zeppelin Rusland»
- LLC «Kala ya marya poyat»
