Pitkyaranta: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Karelia
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 13,090
• Coordinates: 61.5739° N, 31.4789° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 738 km (458 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Savonlinna Airport (SVL, Finland): 139 km (87 mi), straight line
• Petrozavodsk Airport (PES): 145 km (90 mi), straight line
• Joensuu Airport (JOE, Finland): 155 km (96 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Sortavala: 43 km (27 mi)
• Lakhdenpokh'ya: 68 km (42 mi)
• Suoyarvi: 74 km (46 mi)
• Tohmajaervi, Finland: 89 km (55 mi)
• Kitee, Finland: 91 km (57 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Petrozavodsk, 153 km (95 mi)