Baltassi

Urban-type settlement Baltassi Балтаси ( Russian ) Балтач ( Tatar ) Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Baltassinsky Earlier names Akmanowa Pustosch Urban-type settlement since 2004 population 7711 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 84368 Post Code 422250 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 215 551 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 21 '  N , 50 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 20 '45 "  N , 50 ° 12' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

Baltassi ( Russian Балтаси́ ; Tatar Балтач , Baltaç ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia with 7711 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 90 km as the crow flies northeast of the republic capital Kazan not far from the border with the republic Mari El and the Oblast Kirov . It is located on the right bank of the right Vyatka tributary Shoshma .

Baltasi is the administrative center of the Rajons Baltassinski and seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Baltasi, (3 km south-east) are among the also the villages Kuyuk (4 km south), Kujukbasch (6 km SSW) and Kurmala.

history

A place with the Russian name Akmanowa Pustosch in place of today's settlement was first mentioned at the beginning of the 17th century. In the 19th century it became the administrative seat of a Wolost in the Ujesd Kazan of the Kazan Governorate under its current name .

On March 2, 1932, Baltassi became the administrative seat of the newly created Rajons named after him. Since 2004 the place has had the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2301
1959	2201
1970	2947
1979	3924
1989	5064
2002	6996
2010	7711

Note: census data

traffic

Baltassi is located on the regional road 16K-0396, which leads from Kazan via Arsk to the border with the Kirov Oblast, from there towards Malmysch . The nearest train station is in Schemordan a good 20 km southeast on the Moscow  - Kazan - Yekaterinburg route , accessible via regional road 16K-0517.

Web links

• Official web portal of the Rajons (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)