RURAL SETTLEMENT / FUNCTION OF SETTLEMENT - Bolshekolpanskoe

Question 1

Describe the location of Bolshekolpanskoe.

Answer 1

• Leningrad Province
• North Russia
• 60 degrees North
• Contains 16 villages

Question 2

Describe the services of Bolshekolpanskoe.

Answer 2

1. Administrative centre in Great Kolpany
2. Has church in Lesser Kolpany
3. 85 industrual or services enterprises

Question 3

Explain why Bolshekolpanskoe is suited to industry.

Answer 3

• Contains 85 industrial or service enterprises
• Contains no water sources because found on Izhora Plateau
• Presence of karst caves used as natural gas reserves
• Dolomite quarries
• Population of 10,000 - presence of local workforce