Murino (russian: Мурино ) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Vsevolozhsky District Vsevolozhsky District (russian: Все́воложский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #17-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central northwestern p ...

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...

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, located east of and immediately adjacent to the city of St. Petersburg. Formerly a settlement, it was granted a town status on 27 March 2019. The population estimates of Murino are about 50 thousand. Murino, 2019-01-29-P1722665 24

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated, together with the village of Lavriki, within

as Murinskoye Settlement Municipal Formation.Oblast Law #32-oz As a municipal division, Murinskoye Settlement Municipal Formation is incorporated within Vsevolozhsky Municipal District as Murinskoye Urban Settlement.Law #17-oz

Economy

Transportation

Devyatkino station, a metro station of the

Saint Petersburg Metro The Saint Petersburg Metro (russian: links=no, Петербургский метрополитен, Peterburgskiy metropoliten) is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to Wor ...

, and the eponymous railway station, are located in Murino. The railway line, Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railway, connects

Finland Station St Petersburg–Finlyandsky (russian: Станция Санкт-Петербург-Финля́ндский ''Stantsiya Sankt-Peterburg-Finlyandskiy'', in spoken language usually just russian: Финля́ндский вокзал ''Finlyandskiy ...

of Saint Petersburg with

Priozersk Priozersk (russian: Приозе́рск; fi, Käkisalmi; sv, Kexholm) is a town and the administrative center of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern a ...

vis Sosnovo. Murino railway station is on the same line but it is located in Saint Petersburg rather than in Murino. The

Saint Petersburg Ring Road The Saint Petersburg Ring Road (russian: Кольцевая автомобильная дорога вокруг Санкт-Петербурга) is a 142 km (88 mile) orbital freeway encircling Saint Petersburg, Russia. The city's only b ...

crosses the southern part of Murino and has two exits within the city limits. Murino, being adjacent to the city of Saint Petersburg, is integrated into its road network. It does not have direct connections with

Vsevolozhsk Vsevolozhsk ( rus, Все́воложск, p=ˈfsʲevələʂsk; fi, Seuloskoi) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Vsevolozhsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus ...

, the district center, and connection proceeds via the Ring Road.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=June 2018 Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast category:Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd