Navashino

Navashino (English)
Навашино (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Central square in Navashino

Location of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia
Navashino
Location of Navashino in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 55°33′N 42°12′E / 55.550°N 42.200°ECoordinates: 55°33′N 42°12′E / 55.550°N 42.200°E
Administrative status (as of February 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Administrative district Navashinsky District[1]
Town of district significance Navashino[1]
Administrative center of Navashinsky District,[1] town of district significance of Navashino[1]
Municipal status (as of November 2013)
Municipal district Navashinsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Navashino Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Navashinsky Municipal District,[2] Navashino Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 16,416 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1957
Town status since 1957
Postal code(s)[5] 607100–607102
Official website

Navashino (Russian: Нава́шино) is a town and the administrative center of Navashinsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Oka River, 158 kilometers (98 mi) southwest of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 16,416 (2010 Census);[3] 17,810 (2002 Census);[6] 18,946 (1989 Census).[7]

History

The town of Navashino was founded in 1957 by merging two neighboring settlements of Mordovshchikovo and Lipnya and named after the nearby railway station of Navashino. A railway was built in the area in 1912.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Navashino serves as the administrative center of Navashinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Navashinsky District as the town of district significance of Navashino.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Navashino is incorporated within Navashinsky Municipal District as Navashino Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

OAO Okskaya Sudoverf is headquartered in Navashino. The shipbuilding company, originating from a local shipyard founded in 1907, builds boats for Volga and sea navigation. Some of their tankers are to be sold to customers as far afield as Malaysia's Petronas, which plans to use the vessels at its Caspian subsidiary.[8]

Transportation

A new road bridge over the Oka River was opened in October 2009 near Navashino.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Order #3-od
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #163-Z
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ 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). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ «Окскую судоверфь» прибило к Малайзии // Предприятие нашло покупателей для своих танкеров-химовозов

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