Kameshkovo

city Kameshkovo Камешково flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Vladimir Rajon Kameshkovo mayor Irina Noschkina Founded 1892 City since June 12, 1951 surface 8  km² population 13,103 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1638 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49248 Post Code 601300 License Plate 33 OKATO 17 225 501 Website admkam.avo.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 21 ′  N , 41 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  N , 41 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Vladimir Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kameschkowo ( Russian Камешково ) is a city in the Vladimir Oblast ( Russia ) with 13,103 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Kljasma-Nerl lowlands about 40 km northeast of the Oblast capital Vladimir on the left of the Kljasma , a left tributary of the Oka, which flows into the Volga .

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

history

Kameschkowo was established in 1892 as a workers' settlement in connection with the establishment of a weaving mill.

In 1927 the status of an urban-type settlement and on June 12, 1951 the city charter was granted. Since February 10, 1940, the place is the administrative seat of a Rajons named after him.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	9,283
1959	11,834
1970	12,865
1979	14,080
1989	15,061
2002	14,161
2010	13,103

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Near the city there are several architectural monuments of the 17th to 19th centuries, including the Church of the Resurrection ( Воскресенская церковь / Woskressenskaja Zerkow) of 1794 in the village Woskressenskoje , the Church of the Icon of the Georgian Mother of God ( церковь Грузинской Богоматери / Zerkow Grusinskoi Bogomateri ) of 1812 in the village of Gaticha and the Holy Trinity Church ( Троицкая церковь / Troitskaya zerkow) from 1801 in the village of Gorky .

Economy and Infrastructure

The city's largest company is the textile factory, which produces cotton fabrics, gauze and wadding . There is also an electrotechnical factory and companies in the food industry.

The city is located on the railway line Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod (km 235), opened in 1862 , on which a large part of the trains of the Trans-Siberian Railway run on its western part from Moscow.

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

Commons : Kameshkovo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rajon and City Administration website (Russian)
• Kameschkowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)