Repino, Saint Petersburg

Repino
Репино
Kuokkala (Finnish)
Location of Repino in Saint Petersburg
Location of Repino
Repino
Location of Repino
Repino
Repino (Saint Petersburg)
Coordinates: 60°10′N 29°52′E / 60.167°N 29.867°E / 60.167; 29.867
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSaint Petersburg
Area
  Total
15.88 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Elevation
23 m (75 ft)
Population
  Total
2,478
  Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
197738
Dialing code(s)+7 +7 812
OKTMO ID40367000

Repino (Russian: Ре́пино) is an area of Saint Petersburg, Russia, and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It was known by its Finnish name Kuokkala until 1948, when it was renamed after its most famous inhabitant, the painter Ilya Repin. It is 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest of St. Petersburg on the Karelian Isthmus and Gulf of Finland. The population was 2,478 at the 2010 Census.