Lakhdenpokhya

Lakhdenpokhya (English)
Лахдепохья (Russian)
Lahdenpohja (Finnish)
-  Town[1]  -

An abandoned Lutheran church in Lakhdenpokhya

Location of the Republic of Karelia in Russia
Lakhdenpokhya
Location of Lakhdenpokhya in the Republic of Karelia
Coordinates: 61°31′20″N 30°11′33″E / 61.52222°N 30.19250°E / 61.52222; 30.19250Coordinates: 61°31′20″N 30°11′33″E / 61.52222°N 30.19250°E / 61.52222; 30.19250
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of April 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Karelia[1]
Administrative district Lakhdenpokhsky District[1]
Administrative center of Lakhdenpokhsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2013)
Municipal district Lakhdenpokhsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Lakhdenpokhskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Lakhdenpokhsky Municipal District,[3] Lakhdenpokhskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Head[4] Lyudmila Glytenko[4]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 7,813 inhabitants[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Town status since 1945
Official website
Lakhdenpokhya on Wikimedia Commons

Lakhdenpokhya (Russian: Лахденпо́хья; Finnish: Lahdenpohja) is a town and the administrative center of Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located 330 kilometers (210 mi) west of Petrozavodsk on the Aurayoki River. Population: 7,813 (2010 Census);[5] 8,751 (2002 Census);[7] 10,429 (1989 Census).[8]

History

Historical affiliations

Russia 1600–1617
 Sweden 1617–1721
Russia (empire) 1721–1812
       Finland 1812-1917,
      autonomous part of
      - Russia (empire)
      - Russia (republic)
      - Russia (Soviet republic)
> Finland 1917–1940
>> Soviet Union 1940–1991
       - conquered by Finland
          in the Continuation War (1941–1944)
> Russia from 1991

Town status was granted to it in 1945.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lakhdenpokhya serves as the administrative center of Lakhdenpokhsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Lakhdenpokhya, together with the station of Yakkima, is incorporated within Lakhdenpokhsky Municipal District as Lakhdenpokhskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Transportation

The town serves as a railway station on the Vyborg–Joensuu railway.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #871-RZK
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #813-RZK
  3. ↑ Law #825-ZRK
  4. 1 2 Official website of Lakhdenpokhskoye Urban Settlement (Russian)
  5. 1 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.
  6. ↑ 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.).
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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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