Ardon (North Ossetia)

city Ardon Ардон ( Russian ) Ӕрыдон ( Ossetian ) Federal district North Caucasus republic North Ossetia-Alania Rajon Ardon Founded 1824 City since 1964 surface 17  km² population 18,774 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1104 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 98  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86732 Post Code 363330-363334 License Plate 15th OKATO 90 210 501 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 10 '  N , 44 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 '0 "  N , 44 ° 17' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in North Ossetia-Alania

List of cities in Russia

Ardon ( Russian Ардо́н ; Ossetian Ӕрыдон ^{? / I} Ærydon ) is a city with 18,774 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and the capital of the raion of the same name in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania ( Russia ).

geography

Ardon is located in a northern valley of the Caucasus on the west bank of the eponymous river Ardon , about 40 km northwest of the capital of North Ossetia, Vladikavkaz . The closest towns are Digora (10 km west), Alagir (15 km south) and Beslan (20 km east).

history

Ardon was founded by Cossacks in 1824 and got its name from the river of the same name, whose hydronym comes from the Ossetian language and roughly means "wild river".

Ardon remained a small village until the 20th century. In the middle of the century it became the center of the region's agricultural industry and received city rights in 1964. Today Ardon is the fifth largest city in North Ossetia.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4.102
1959	6,915
1970	11,783
1979	12,857
1989	13,536
2002	17,521
2010	18,774

Note: census data

economy

Ardon's economy is largely based on agriculture and the food industry.

Personalities

• Arsen Kozojew (1872–1944), writer, attended a seminar in Ardon

Web links

• Ardon in the encyclopedia «Мой Город» (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)