The city is located at the 45th parallel, can we say that it is closer to the North Pole?

No, one cannot say that, because such a city is simply equidistant from both the equator and the North Pole. For example, the city of Stavropol is located on this parallel. This settlement is located in the south of our country. There is even a street that is called that – 45 Parallel. The city is home to a little over 400 thousand people. it was founded in the second half of the eighteenth century, namely in 1777. Its area is a little over 170 square kilometers.