Alakurtti (rural locality)

Alakurtti
Алакуртти
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Alakurtti
Alakurtti (Murmansk Oblast)
Coordinates: 66°57′N 30°18′E / 66.950°N 30.300°E / 66.950; 30.300
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast
Administrative districtKandalakshsky District
Territorial OkrugSelsovietAlakurttinsky Territorial Okrug
Elevation
161 m (528 ft)
Population
 • Total
3,424
 • Estimate 
(2021)
5,533 (+61.6%)
 • Municipal districtKandalakshsky Municipal District
 • Rural settlementAlakurtti Rural Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code
184060
Dialing code+7 81533
OKTMO ID47608403101

Alakurtti (Russian: Алакуртти) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle at an altitude of 192 meters (630 ft) above sea level. Its population at the 2010 Census was 3,424. Before 1953 it was part of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, and was part of Finland up until 1940.