Danilov, Yaroslavl Oblast

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Coordinates: 58°11′N 40°10′E / 58.183°N 40.167°E / 58.183; 40.167

Town's railway station

Danilov (Russian: Дани́лов) is a town and the administrative center of Danilovsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Population: 15,861 (2010 Census);[1] 17,245 (2002 Census);[2] 18,857 (1989 Census).[3]

History

Danilov was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1592, and was granted town status in 1777.

Economy

There is a cheese producing plant and some other industries.

There is also a major railway station where locomotives are switched from electrification system DC 3kV to AC 25kV and vice versa. Railway lines go to Yaroslavl, Vologda, and Buy.

References

  1. ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров." [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012. 
Administrative center: Yaroslavl
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