Geography
Belomorsky district is located in the northeastern part of the Republic of Karelia. The territory of the district lies on the oldest geological formations along the coast of the Onega Bay of the White Sea. From the north, the district borders with Kemsky, from the west — with Kalevalsky and Muezersky, from the south — with Segezha municipal districts, in the southeast - with the Arkhangelsk region. From the east, the entire length of the coast is washed by the White Sea, the coastline is 200 km.
Statistics
350 km
distance to Petrozavodsk
Belomorsk
administrative center
1,279,728 ha
area
15190 people
population
Infrastructure
Railway and automobile modes of transport
The lines of the Oktyabrskaya Railway and the Northern Railway connect at the Belomorsk station.
The White Sea-Baltic Canal connects the area with the ports of the five seas (White, Barents, Baltic, Black, Azov).
Traffic in urban and suburban communications is provided in the district. Cargo and passenger transportation is carried out by individual entrepreneurs.
Economycs
The economy of the district is based on trade enterprises, catering and tourism.
Large enterprises
- CJSC «Belomorskaya PMK»
- LLC «VAK»
- FSBI «Glavrybvod» Vygsky fish hatchery»
- LLC «White Sea»
