Kilmes (Kirov)

Urban-type settlement Kilmes Кильмезь Federal district Volga Oblast Kirov Rajon Kilmesski Founded 1666 Earlier names Kilmesi Bolshie Urban-type settlement since 1965 population 5956 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83338 Post Code 613570 License Plate 43 OKATO 33 217 551 Website kilmezgorpos.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 57 '  N , 51 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 56 '30 "  N , 51 ° 4' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kirov Oblast

Kilmes ( Russian Кильме́зь ) is an urban-type settlement in Kirov Oblast in Russia with 5956 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 200 km as the crow flies southeast of the Kirov Oblast Administrative Center on the left bank of the eponymous left Vyatka tributary Kilmes . It is not to be confused with the village of Kilmes , which is also located on the river almost 20 km northeast directly across the border with the Udmurt Republic .

Kilmez is the administrative center of the Rajons Kilmesski and seat and only town of the municipality Kilmesskoje gorodskoje posselenije.

history

The place has been known since 1666 and was probably founded by Mari at the beginning of the 17th century. From the end of the 18th century on the old trade of belonging Kazan to Perm situated village under the name Kilmesi Bolshie (also Bolshaya Kilmez, "Greater Kilmez"; the village of Malaya Kilmez, "Little Kilmez" is little southwest) to Ujesd Malmysh of the Vyatka Governorate .

On July 29, 1929, Kilmes became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1965 the place received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1426
1939	3194
1959	4066
1970	4620
1979	5223
1989	6151
2002	6064
2010	5956

Note: census data

traffic

Kilmes is located on the regional road 33K-001, which leads from the border of the Republic of Tatarstan in the direction of Kazan via Malmysh to the border of the Udmurt Republic, from there in the direction of Igra . To the north, the 33K-016 branches off to the neighboring district center of Nema , which continues to connect to the 33K-002 in the direction of Kirov.

The nearest train station is a good 20 km east in Sjurek on the route from Lyukschudja near Izhevsk to Kilmes in Udmurtia.

Web links

• Official website of the municipal administration (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)