Bolochowo

city Bolochowo Болохово flag Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tula Rajon Kireevsk First mention around 1580 City since 1943 surface 6  km² population 9,622 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1604 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 210  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48754 Post Code 301280 License Plate 71 OKATO 70 228 508 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 5 '  N , 37 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 5 '0 "  N , 37 ° 49' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tula Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Bolochowo ( Russian Болохово ) is a city in the Tula Oblast ( Russia ) with 9622 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 20 km southeast of the oblast capital Tula on the Olen river , between the Upa and its right tributary Schat in the river system of the Volga .

Bolokhovo located in Rajon kireyevsk .

history

A village belonging to the Bolchowski princely family on the site of today's town has been known since around 1580. In the 19th century the name Bolochowka was common.

In 1934, one of the largest shafts in the Moscow lignite basin was opened nearby and named after the village of Bolochowski . The associated miners' settlement received the status of an urban-type settlement in the same year and in 1943 the city charter under its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	12,710
1959	8,295
1970	10,985
1979	11,122
1989	11,787
2002	10,364
2010	9,622

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

After the cessation of coal mining in the 1990s, there is still a machine factory in Bolochowo ( Gefest AG ; equipment for the food industry and rail vehicle construction), a plastics and furniture factory and a metal construction factory.

The city lies on the railway line Vyazma - Tula - Uslowaya - Ryashsk, opened in 1874 (station name Prissady ; route km 315).

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

• Bolochowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)