Podporozhsky Municipal District is located in the northeast of the Leningrad Region, in the basin of the Svir and Oyat rivers and Lake Onega, the cleanest lake in Europe. To the north, the district borders the Republic of Karelia; to the west – the Vologda Region; to the south and east – the Tikhvinsky and Lodeynopolsky districts of the Leningrad Region. The district's territory extends 110 km from north to south and 90 km from west to east.
Distance to Saint Petersburg: 280 km
Administrative center: Podporozhye
Area: 7,705 km2
Population: 27,689 people (urban population share – 86.6%, rural population – 13.4%)
Infrastructure: Podporozhsky District has a well-developed transport network:
- Rail transport: Oktyabrskaya Railway "Saint Petersburg – Murmansk";
- Road transport: the "Saint Petersburg – Vytegra" highway runs through the entire district. The total road length is 775.318 km, of which 568.418 km are regional roads and 206.9 km are intra‑settlement roads;
- Water transport: the district has cargo berths owned by enterprises in Vazhiny, Voznesenye, Nikolsky, Podporozhye, and near the Tolstoye tract on Lake Onega.
Economy: The district's economy is industrial in nature. The district's industry largely arose from local resources – logging and woodworking, building materials, and electric power. Sand, crushed stone, gravel, rubble stone and natural stone are extracted in the district. In addition, the district produces machinery and metalworking products, repairs ships, manufactures reinforced concrete structures for bridges and other facilities, and has light and food industry enterprises.
Based on the results of 2019, the volume of shipped goods of own production by large and medium-sized enterprises of the district amounted to 7,712.94 million rubles, with industrial production enterprises accounting for 70.78% of the total volume.
Major enterprises:
- «Metsa Forest Podporozhye LLC» – logging
- «Shcheleyki Quarry LLC» – dimension stone mining
- «Podporozhsky Mechanical Plant OJSC» – production of construction metal structures
- «Podporozhsky Bakery OJSC» – production of bread and confectionery
- «Podporozhye Reinforced Concrete Structures Plant – branch of Mostozhelezobetonkonstruktsiya PJSC» – production of concrete products
- «Podporozhye Garment Factory BTK-group JSC» – production of workwear
- «North-Western Holding LLC» – production of fuel pellets
- «Voznesenskaya Fleet Repair Base OJSC» – ship repair
- «ECOTECH LLC» – production of fuel pellets
- «Metsa Svir LLC» – production of lumber and industrial wood chips
- «Mostozhelezobetonkonstruktsiya JSC – Podporozhye Reinforced Concrete Structures Plant» – production of concrete products for construction use
- «VLP Svir LLC» – production of lumber
- «Voznesenskaya Fleet Repair Base JSC» – ship repair
- «BTK Group JSC – Podporozhye Factory» – tailoring of workwear
- «Nevsky Branch of the Ladoga HPP Cascade – TGC-1 OJSC» – electric energy production
- «Shcheleyki Quarry LLC» – dimension stone mining
