Volosovsky District is located in the southwest of Leningrad Oblast and borders Lomonosovsky, Gatchinsky, Luzhsky, Slantsevsky and Kingiseppsky districts.
Distance to Saint Petersburg: 80 km
Administrative centre: Volosovo
Area: 2,700 km2
Population: 51,778 people (urban population – 22.8%, rural population – 77.2%)
Infrastructure: Volosovsky District is favourably situated relative to the country's main highways, making it transport‑convenient and accessible. The federal highway M11 «Narva» (Saint Petersburg – Ivangorod, European route E20) crosses the district from west to east. In close proximity to Volosovsky District are the federal highways M20 (E95) Saint Petersburg – Pskov and the «Russia» highway M10 (E105) Moscow – Saint Petersburg. The network of local roads is well developed. A strategically important railway line, Mga – Gatchina – Ivangorod, with a connection to Ust‑Luga, runs through the district.
Economy: The district's industry is steadily developing, with the turnover of industrial enterprises in Volosovsky District increasing. The district produces the following key types of industrial products: whole‑milk and soured milk products, bread and bakery products, confectionery, timber and wooden products, aerated concrete wall blocks, dry construction mixes, furniture, paints and varnishes, medical equipment and instruments, thermal energy, water supply and sanitation, waste collection and disposal. In the structure of industrial production, the main share belongs to manufacturing output.
The leading economic sector of Volosovsky District is agriculture. Its share in the total volume of goods produced, work performed and services rendered by the district's enterprises and organisations at the end of 2019 was approximately 25.2%, or 4,039.9 million rubles.
Major enterprises:
- JSC «Volosovsky Bakery» – production of bread and bakery products, confectionery
- LLC «Molochnaya Kultura» – production of milk and dairy products (kefir, ryazhenka, yoghurt, acidophilus, soured milk)
- LLC «KF Leningradskaya» – production of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery (chocolate candies, marshmallows, biscuits)
- Branch «Volosovskie Kommunalnye Sistemy» of OJSC «Teplovye Seti» – production of steam and hot water (thermal energy) by boiler houses
- LLC «NPO Korrzashchita» – production of other paints, varnishes, enamels and similar coating materials
- JSC «Alternativnaya Nauka» – production of medical instruments and equipment
- TOSP of LLC «LSR. Stenovye» – production of concrete products for construction (small blocks from cellular concrete)
- LLC «EcoService» – water abstraction, treatment and distribution
- LLC «Profspetstrans» – disposal of sorted materials (waste collection, processing and disposal)
- LLC «VPM» – production of plastic products (auto goods, office chair components)
- LLC «Dieselzipservice» – repair of machinery and equipment (diesel generators, engine repair, marine diesel generators, oil and water coolers, automated power stations)
- LLC «Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant» – repair of machinery and equipment (engines, compressors, special purpose boats, cooling radiators, steel tanks, diesel generators, deck auxiliary mechanisms and marine launch‑and‑recovery systems)
