Besentchuk

Urban-type settlement Besentschuk Безенчук Federal district Volga Oblast Samara Rajon Besentchuk Founded 1886 Urban-type settlement since 1958 population 22,952 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84676 Post Code 446250 License Plate 63, 163 OKATO 36 204 551 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 59 ′  N , 49 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  N , 49 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Samara Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Besentschuk ( Russian Безенчу́к ) is an urban-type settlement in the Samara Oblast ( Russia ) with 22,952 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located about 50 kilometers southwest of the Oblast capital Samara on the left of the Volga , the extreme left tributaries of which run about eight and the main arm about 15 kilometers from Besentchuk. A little west of the settlement, the river of the same name, Besechuk , flows towards the Volga.

Besentchuk is the administrative center of the Besentchuk Rajon of the same name .

history

The place was established in 1886 and received urban-type settlement status in 1958 .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4.117
1959	10,376
1970	12,605
1979	17,670
1989	23,650
2002	23,921
2010	22,952

Note: census data

culture and education

The Samara N. M. Tulaikow Agricultural Research Institute is located in the settlement . There is an agricultural and a medical school.

Economy and Infrastructure

Bezchuk railway station

There are mechanical engineering, construction and food industries (processing of products from the surrounding agricultural area) in Besentchuk. Crude oil is produced in the Rajon .

The settlement is located on the railway line Moscow –Samara– Chelyabinsk (southern branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway ; route km 1035) opened on this section in 1877 , from which the Samara freight bypass line to Kinel, completed in 1970, branches off.

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

• Unofficial Portal (Russian)