Kem (Russian: Кемь; Finnish and Karelian: Kemi) is a historic town and the administrative center of Kemsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shores of the White Sea where the Kem River enters it, on the railroad leading from Petrozavodsk to Murmansk. Population: 13,051 (2010 Census);[4] 14,620 (2002 Census);[7] 18,522 (1989 Census).[8]