Safonovo, Murmansk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Safonovo.

Safonovo (Russian: Сафоново) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed-administrative territorial formation of Severomorsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia,^[1] located on the Kola Peninsula on the Kola Bay, 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) west of Severomorsk proper. Population: 5,255 (2010 Census);^[2] 4,853 (2002 Census);^[6] 7,661 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Safonovo Сафоново
Urban-type settlement[1]
Location of Safonovo
Safonovo Location of Safonovo Show map of Russia Safonovo Safonovo (Murmansk Oblast) Show map of Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 69°04′N 33°18′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Murmansk Oblast[1]
Founded	ca. 1936
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	5,255
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	closed administrative-territorial formation of Severomorsk[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Severomorsk Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	184620, 184621
Dialing code(s)	+7 81537
OKTMO ID	47730000061

History

It was founded as a work settlement around 1936.^{[citation needed]}