| Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement | |
| Native Name: | Большеколпанское сельское поселение |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Settlement Type: | rural settlement |
| Image Alt: | Dun-colored small squat stone church against a blue sky with clouds |
| Flag Alt: | A white goose and book on a blue cross on a gold flag |
| Shield Alt: | white goose and book on a blue cross on a gold shield |
| Map Alt: | A map |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Leningrad Oblast |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map with a pushpin in it, showing location of Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement within Leningrad Oblast |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement within Leningrad Oblast (Leningrad Province) |
| Coordinates: | 59.525°N 30.0667°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province (Oblast) |
| Subdivision Name1: | Leningrad |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipal District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gatchina |
| Established Title: | Created as (Soviet) village council |
| Established Date: | 1973 |
| Established Title1: | Reconstituted as parish |
| Established Date1: | 1994 |
| Established Title2: | Reconstituted as rural settlement |
| Established Date2: | January 1, 2006 |
| Seat Type: | Administrative center |
| Seat: | Great Kolpany |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 157 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Total: | 9,782 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Moscow Time |
Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement is a rural settlement in Gatchina Municipal District of the Leningrad Oblast (Leningrad Province) in northern Russia. The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement contains 16 villages. The administrative center is the village of Bolshiye Kolpany (Great Kolpany).
The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement is near the center of the Gatchina District, bordered on the north by the Pudostskim Rural Settlement, on the north-east by the Novyi Svet Rural Settlement and the City of Gatchina, on the east by the Kobrin Rural Settlement, on the south by the Roždestvenskoe Rural Settlement, on the south-west by Volosovsky Municipal District, on the west by the Elizavetinskoe Rural Settlement, and on the north-west by the Voyskovitskim Rural Settlement.
The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement covers 157km2. From Great Kolpany to the Gatchina District center is 8.5km (05.3miles). The following highways run through the Settlement:
The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement is located on the Izhora Plateau, thus there are very few ponds or lakes in its area. The largest ponds are artificial ones which have resulted from the infilling of stone quarries in Paritsa and Bornitskaya. The Rural Settlement includes the headwaters of Sivoritsky Creek, which joins the Suyda River at the village of Paritsa.
The presence on the plateau of limestone and dolomite, creating a karst landscape, has led to the formation of large karst caves. These caves, which are sealed off from the atmosphere, were used beginning in Soviet times for the storage of natural gas reserves.
The area of the Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement was part of the heartland of Ingria, home of the pre-Russian Izhorians and Votes, peoples who are now on the brink of extinction.
In 1973, under the Soviet Union, the Bolshekolpanskoe Village Council was formed as part of the Gatchina District (Gatchina Raion).
On January 18, 1994, by Order Number 10 ("On Changes in the Administrative-Territorial Districts of the Leningrad Region") of the Leningrad Region (Leningrad Oblast), the Bolshekolpanskoe Village Council was redesignated as Bolshekolpanskoe Parish (the other village councils in the District were likewise redesignated by this order).
On January 1, 2006, in accordance with Regional Law Number 133–OZ of December 16, 2004, Bolshekolpanskoe Parish was redesignated as Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement.
The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement contains 85 industrial or service enterprises (as of 2015), the largest being the Gatchina Company, which owns more than a third of the Settlement (57.28km2) and which is mainly engaged in agricultural production – dairy farming, potatoes, vegetables. The Gatchina Feed Mill, in the village of Malye Kolpany (Lesser Kolpany), is one of Russia's largest producers of animal feed.
The caverns in the karst continue to be used to store natural gas. There are also active dolomite quarries. The Settlement also contains various small businesses, engaged in pursuits such as trade, personal services, repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, and so forth. The Sivoritsy Airfield is located in the village of Nikolskoye.
| Number | Locality | Type of locality | Population (2012) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolshiye Kolpany | Village, administrative center | 4,095 | |
| 2 | Vakkolovo | Village | 32 | |
| 3 | Vopsha | Village | 156 | |
| 4 | Korpisalovo | Village | 122 | |
| 5 | Lyadino | Village | 61 | |
| 6 | Malye Kolpany | Village | 462 | |
| 7 | Nikolskoye | Village (Selo) | 2,882 | |
| 8 | New Koleno | Village | 31 | |
| 9 | New Hinkolovo | Village | 20 | |
| 10 | New Chernitsov | Village | 46 | |
| 11 | Paritsa | Village | 243 | |
| 12 | Rotkovo | Village | 39 | |
| 13 | Old Hinkolovo | Village | 25 | |
| 14 | Old Chernitsov | Village | 29 | |
| 15 | Tihkovitsy | Village | 241 | |
| 16 | Himozi | Village | 425 |