Vereshchagino, Vereshchaginsky District, Perm Krai

For other places with the same name, see Vereshchagino.
Vereshchagino (English)
Верещагино (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Monument to war artist Vasily Vereshchagin, for whom the town was named, on the station square

Location of Perm Krai in Russia
Vereshchagino
Location of Vereshchagino in Perm Krai
Coordinates: 58°06′N 54°40′E / 58.100°N 54.667°ECoordinates: 58°06′N 54°40′E / 58.100°N 54.667°E
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Administrative status (as of June 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Perm Krai[1]
Administrative district Vereshchaginsky District[1]
Administrative center of Vereshchaginsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of March 2013)
Municipal district Vereshchaginsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Vereshchaginskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Vereshchaginsky Municipal District,[2] Vereshchaginskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 22,156 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[4]
Founded 1898
Town status since 1942
Previous names Ochyorskaya (until 1904),
Voznesenskaya (until 1916)
Postal code(s)[5] 617119, 617120, 617123, 617126, 617129
Official website

Vereshchagino (Russian: Вереща́гино) is a town and the administrative center of Vereshchaginsky District in Perm Krai, Russia, located 124 kilometers (77 mi) west of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 22,156.[3]

History

It was founded in 1898 as a settlement serving the construction of Ochyorskaya (Очёрская) railway station of the Perm–Vyatka railway. In 1904, the station was renamed Voznesenskaya (Вознесенская), and in 1916—Vereshchagino (after the war artist Vasily Vereshchagin, who stopped here in 1904). It was granted town status in 1942.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vereshchagino serves as the administrative center of Vereshchaginsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Vereshchagino, together with ten rural localities, is incorporated within Vereshchaginsky Municipal District as Vereshchaginskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

Food industry, production of knitwear, manufacture of spare parts and reinforced concrete structures form the basis of the town's economy. The town is also a large railway traffic center.

Demographics

Historical population of Vereshchagino
Year195919701979198920022010
Population22,90023,60022,349[6]24,129[7]22,832[8]22,156[3]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #416-67
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #1874-405
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  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. ↑ 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.

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