Solnechnogorsk

Solnechnogorsk
Солнечногорск
Sovetskaya Square in Solnechnogorsk
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Solnechnogorsk
Location of Solnechnogorsk
Solnechnogorsk
Solnechnogorsk (Moscow Oblast)
Coordinates: 56°11′N 36°59′E / 56.183°N 36.983°E / 56.183; 36.983
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast
Administrative districtSolnechnogorsky District
TownSelsovietSolnechnogorsk
Town status since1938
Elevation
195 m (640 ft)
Population
 • Total
52,944
 • Estimate 
(2024)
47,514 (−10.3%)
 • Capital ofSolnechnogorsky District, Town of Solnechnogorsk
 • Municipal districtSolnechnogorsky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementSolnechnogorsk Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofSolnechnogorsky Municipal District, Solnechnogorsk Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal codes
141501–141508, 141516, 141530
OKTMO ID46771000001

Solnechnogorsk (Russian: Солнечного́рск, lit. sunny mountain town) is a town and the administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–St. Petersburg Highway and the Moscow–St. Petersburg railway, on the coast of Senezh Lake, 65 kilometers (40 mi) northwest from Moscow. Population: 52,944 (2010 census); 58,374 (2002 census); 55,554 (1989 Soviet census).

It was previously known as Solnechnaya Gora (until 1938).