Shakhunya

Shakhunya (English)
Шахунья (Russian)
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Post office in Shakhunya

Location of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia
Shakhunya
Location of Shakhunya in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 57°40′N 46°37′E / 57.667°N 46.617°ECoordinates: 57°40′N 46°37′E / 57.667°N 46.617°E
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of November 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Shakhunya[1]
Administrative center of town of oblast significance of Shakhunya[1]
Municipal status (as of November 2011)
Urban okrug Shakhunya Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Shakhunya Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 20,921 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1927
Town status since 1943
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Shakhunya (Russian: Шахунья) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Nizhny Novgorod–Kirov railway, 240 kilometers (150 mi) northeast of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: 20,921 (2010 Census);[3] 21,724 (2002 Census);[5] 22,337 (1989 Census).[6]

History

It was founded as a settlement around the Shakhunya railway station, which was opened in 1927. It was granted work settlement status in 1938 and town status in 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with 2 work settlements and 136 rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Shakhunya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Shakhunya is incorporated as Shakhunya Urban Okrug.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Law #184-Z
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #153-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. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.

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