Sosnovets (fin. Sosnavitsa) - administrative center of Sosnovets rural settlement. Official date of establishment of the settlement is March 7, 1949. Includes settlements, of 14 and 15 gateways of Baltic sea Canal. It is located on the White Sea Canal and the railway line to Murmansk, about 20 kilometers to south-west of Belomorsk. In the village there are the port, the railway station, shops, a small hotel, church and post office. From 1949 to 1991, had the status of urban settlement.
