Babayevo

city Babayevo Бабаево coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Vologda Rajon Babayevo mayor Yuri Valentinovich Parfjonow First mention 1461 City since 1925 surface 14.5  km² population 12,073 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 833 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 135  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81743 Post Code 162480-162483 License Plate 35 OKATO 19 205 501 Website gorodbabaevo.ru Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 23 '  N , 35 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 23 '0 "  N , 35 ° 57' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Vologda Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Babajewo ( Russian Баба́ево ) is a city in northwestern Russia . It is located in the Vologda Oblast and has 12,073 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 250 km west of the oblast capital Vologda on the Kolp , a tributary of the Suda which flows into the Volga . The nearest town is Ustyuzhna 67 km southeast of Babayevo.

Babajewo is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

Babajewo originated in the 15th century and was first mentioned as a village in 1461.

In 1822 the then local owner founded an iron foundry in Babajewo on the bank of the Kolp , which later specialized in the manufacture of railroad tracks, among other things. The iron ore was mined in the local area at that time, but this was no longer profitable in the same century. The ironworks was then closed.

In 1904 Babajewo received a railway connection on the new line from Saint Petersburg to Vyatka . A locomotive depot was built at the resulting station, which gave the place a certain importance and increased the population. In 1925, when Babajewo already had about 6,000 inhabitants, it received city rights and two years later it was elevated to the status of a district center .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	8,287
1959	12,044
1970	12.301
1979	12,926
1989	14,211
2002	12,604
2010	12,073

Note: population development

sons and daughters of the town

• Maxim Zwetkow (* 1992), biathlete

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)

Web links

• Babajewo on the Vologda Oblast website (Russian)
• Babajewo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)