Tikhvinsky District is located in the northeast of the Leningrad Region, 200 km from Saint Petersburg. To the west it borders Volkhovsky and Kirishsky districts, to the south – the Novgorod Region and Boksitogorsky District, to the east – the Vologda Region and Boksitogorsky District, and to the north – Lodeynopolsky District.
Distance to Saint Petersburg: 200 km
Administrative center: Tikhvin
Area: 7,017.7 km2
Population: 65,556 people (urban population share – 81.9%, rural population – 18.1%)
Infrastructure: The Tikhvinsky District is crossed by highways A114 (Vologda – Novaya Ladoga) and R36 (Lodeynoye Pole – Budogoshch), as well as a railway line leading from Saint Petersburg through Cherepovets, Vologda to the Urals and Arkhangelsk. In addition, the district has an extensive road network connecting the administrative center with rural settlements.
Economy: The basis of the district's economy is industry; its share in the total volume of production of goods, works and services by large and medium-sized industrial enterprises and organizations of Tikhvinsky District is 96.7%. At the same time, the share of manufacturing enterprises in total industrial output has changed over the past 5 years from 86% to 97%.
A characteristic feature has been a change in the structure of industrial production: the share of mechanical engineering products increased from 65% to 92%, with about 88.5% of industrial output produced by enterprises of the United Wagon Company holding: Tikhvin Wagon Building Plant and Titran-Express Plant.
Major enterprises:
- «Tikhvin Wagon Building Plant JSC» – manufacture of railway rolling stock (foundry production of railway parts, new generation freight wagons with improved operational characteristics)
- «Tikhvin Assembly Plant "Titran-Express" JSC» – manufacture of parts for railway rolling stock and track equipment (all types of repairs and modernization of rolling stock, as well as production of components (bogies and wheelsets) for freight wagons)
- «Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant LLC» – production of ferroalloys (excluding blast furnace)
- «Luzales-Tikhvin LLC» – furniture production
- «Komatszo LLC» – production of knitted underwear
- «Tikhvin Bakery LLC» – production of bread and flour confectionery products of short shelf life
- «Kultura-Agro JSC» – dairy and beef cattle breeding: production of milk, sour cream, cottage cheese, meat; has the status of a breeding reproducer of Ayrshire cattle breed
- «Andreevskoye JSC SP» – dairy and beef cattle breeding: production of milk, meat; has the status of a breeding reproducer of Ayrshire cattle breed
