Kestenga
Kestenga
Кестеньга Kiestinki (Karelian) | |
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The church of Kestenga in 2021 | |
Interactive map of Kestenga | |
Kestenga Location of Kestenga Kestenga Kestenga (Karelia) | |
| Coordinates: 65°53′7″N 31°49′53″E / 65.88528°N 31.83139°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia |
| Administrative district | Loukhsky District |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,277 |
• Estimate (2013) | 1,117 (−12.5%) |
| • Municipal district | Loukhsky Municipal District |
| • Rural settlement | Kestengskoye Rural Settlement |
| • Capital of | Kestengskoye Rural Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (UTC+03:00 ) |
| Postal code | 186664 |
| OKTMO ID | 86621425101 |
Kestenga (Russian: Кестеньга; Karelian: Kiestinki; Finnish: Kiestinki) is a rural village in the Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in Russia on the northern shore of Lake Topozero.
It is the administrative centre of the Kestenga rural settlement.
There is a railway station on the Loukhi-Pyaozersky line.
As of the 2013 Census, its population was 1,117.
The village was at the center of the Battle of Kestenga in 1941 between the Finnish and Soviet Army during the Continuation War.