Gromovo, Leningrad Oblast (original) (raw)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Gromovo)
Settlement in Leningrad Oblast
This article is about the village in Leningrad Oblast. For the village in Kaliningrad Oblast, see Gromovo, Kaliningrad Oblast.
Rural locality in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
| Gromovo Громово | |
|---|---|
| Rural locality | |
 |
|
Location of Gromovo  |
|
  GromovoLocation of GromovoShow map of Leningrad Oblast GromovoGromovo (European Russia)Show map of European Russia GromovoGromovo (Russia)Show map of Russia |
|
| Coordinates: 60°41′41″N 30°11′12″E / 60.69472°N 30.18667°E / 60.69472; 30.18667 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [1]) |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 188744 |
| OKTMO ID | 41639412101 |
Gromovo (Russian: Гро́мово; Finnish: Sakkola) is a settlement in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railway. Gromovo is situated on the northern shore of the Lake Sukhodolskoye, Karelian Isthmus, in the historic region of Karelia. Until the Winter War and the Continuation War, it had been the administrative center of the Sakkola municipality of Finland. It hosts an interceptor aircraft base, (Gromovo (air base)).
It is located 18 km northwest of Sosnovo, and 90 km north of Saint Petersburg.
- Hanna Granfelt (1884-1952), Finnish opera singer
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- Site about Sakkola municipality (in Finnish)