Municipal Formation Sosnovoborsky Urban District of the Leningrad Region is located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Sosnovoborsky Urban District borders Lomonosovsky Municipal District of the Leningrad Region along the entire length of the district's land border. The city has developed passenger and freight railway and road transport connections, as well as marine berths for small vessels used for delivering oversized equipment by sea.
Distance to Saint Petersburg: 80 km
Administrative center: Sosnovy Bor
Area: 88.4 km2
Population: 63,746 people (urban population share – 100%)
Infrastructure: A distinctive feature of the city's location is convenient transport links with existing and newly constructed ports on the Gulf of Finland.
The city is connected to neighboring cities and localities by rail and road transport.
The city has developed passenger and freight railway and road transport connections, as well as marine berths for small vessels used for delivering oversized equipment by sea.
The urban district is crossed by the "Saint Petersburg – Oranienbaum – Kalishche" railway line. The railway section is single-track and electrified (electric locomotive traction).
To the south of Kalishche station, there are railway branches serving the city's industrial zone with rail transport.
There are no federal highways on the territory of the Municipal Formation Sosnovoborsky Urban District.
The transport framework is formed by a section of the regional public highway of the Leningrad Region "Saint Petersburg – Ruchi" (highway 41A-007) and local roads.
The total length of local public roads of the Municipal Formation Sosnovoborsky Urban District at the end of 2025 was 72.473 km, including 61.08 km with hard surface. Within the district's borders, there are 60 road units.
Economy: More than 100 large and medium-sized enterprises, 60 small organizations, 503 micro-enterprises and 1,541 individual entrepreneurs operate on the district's territory.
Energy, construction, manufacturing and science remain the predominant sectors of Sosnovy Bor's economy, with energy accounting for more than half of the total turnover of the city's large and medium-sized enterprises.
Industry ranks first in the district's economy – more than 50% of the total output of large and medium-sized enterprises in the district.
Major enterprises:
● «Branch of Rosenergoatom Concern JSC – Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant» – production, transmission and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and hot water
● «Management of Industrial Enterprises OJSC» – production of commercial concrete, production of concrete products for construction use, production of construction metal products
● «Abrasive Technologies LLC» – production of other non-metallic mineral products – abrasive fiber fabric (hard layer on dishwashing sponges)
● «CONCERN TITAN-2 JSC» – general construction work for building erection, engineering and technical design in industry and construction
● «Installation and Construction Department No. 90 JSC» – installation of metal building structures, production of construction metal structures
● «Sosnovoborelektromontazh JSC» – assembly of buildings and structures from prefabricated components, electrical installation work, insulation work
● «Northern Construction Management PJSC» – construction of buildings and structures
● «Alexanderov Research Institute FSUE» – research and development in natural and technical sciences
● «Research Institute of Optoelectronic Instrument Engineering JSC» – research and development in natural and technical sciences
● «Ecomet-S CJSC» – provision of services for processing and disposal of metal waste contaminated with radioactive substances
