Geography
Kalevalsky municipal district is located in the north-western part of the Republic of Karelia, bordered by the Loukhsky, Kemsky, Muezersky, Belomorsky districts of the Republic of Karelia, the territory of the Kostomuksha urban district and the Kainuu region of Finland (the western border of the district). Date of formation— August 29, 1927.
Kalevalsky district belongs to the regions of the Far North, is part of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation
Statistics
580 km
distance to Petrozavodsk
village Kalevala
administrative center
1,325,990 ha
area
6,563 people
population
Infrastructure
To ensure internal and external transport links Kalevala municipal district has a developed transport network, which consists of roads of regional and local importance, as well as other roads (forest, agricultural, service, entrances to businesses, etc.).
The total length of the highways regional and inter-municipal value of the Republic of Karelia, Kalevala on the territory of the municipal district is 444,372 km.
Direct railway connection Petrozavodsk— village Kalevala is missing. It is possible to get with a transfer by bus or taxi through the following localities: Kem, Kostomuksha.
Economics
The main economic activities of the Kalevalsky municipal district are logging and agricultural activities, fishing and fish farming, production of bakery products
