Koporye, Railway station village in Lomonosovsky District, Russia
Koporye is a small settlement at the Koporye railway station on the St. Petersburg–Baltiysky to Kotly line, in the Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast. It lies on the 41K-014 road (Volosovo–Kernovo), north of the village of Koporye. Its streets are named 100-y km and 101-y km, reflecting the station's distance from the city.
The settlement grew around the Koporye station on the Saint Petersburg–Kotly line. In 1926 the station recorded six residents, all Russian. It belonged to the Koporsky village council in 1966, 1973 and 1990, and to the Koporskoye rural settlement under a law of 24 December 2004. The population fell from 54 in 1997 to 38 in 2002 and 2007, and was 45 in 2021.
The settlement takes its name from the Koporye station on the Saint Petersburg–Kotly line, and the surrounding area lies on the historical land of Ingria. The village of Koporye, the administrative centre of the rural settlement, sits just south of the station. The settlement's streets are simply named 100th km and 101st km, after the railway distances they mark.
Koporye station sits on the St. Petersburg-Baltiysky to Kotly line, in the southwest of Lomonosovsky District on the 41K-014 road (Volosovo-Kernovo), just north of the village of Koporye. The settlement itself consists of the addresses 100th km and 101st km. The station is the reference point for reaching the surrounding area.
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