Kosterjowo

city Kosterjowo Костерёво flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Vladimir Rajon Petushki mayor Alexander Goncharov Founded 1890 City since 1981 surface 6  km² population 9,073 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1512 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 115  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49243 Post Code 601110 License Plate 33 OKATO 17 246 510 Website www.kosterevo.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 56 '  N , 39 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 56 '0 "  N , 39 ° 37' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Vladimir Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kosterjowo ( Russian Костерёво ) is a small town in Vladimir Oblast ( Russia ) with 9073 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the northern edge of the Meshchora lowlands about 50 km west of the Oblast capital Vladimir on the Lipnja river (also Bolshaya Lipnja ), a left tributary of the Klyasma in the river system of the Volga .

Kosterjowo belongs to the Petushki Rajon .

history

The place arose as a settlement near a railway station opened in 1890 to serve a glassworks about 25 kilometers away. It was named after the owner of the plant II Kosterjow.

The settlement later grew in connection with the establishment of a supplier plant for textile machine construction in 1905 and another in 1912.

In 1939 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1981 the town charter .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	6,290
1959	7,471
1970	9,250
1979	11,365
1989	11,777
2002	9,608
2010	9,073

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Kosterjowo there is a supplier plant for textile machine construction, a sawmill and a factory for plastic products .

The city lies on the railway line Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod (route km 135), opened in 1862 , on which today a large part of the trains of the Trans-Siberian Railway run on its western part from Moscow.

The M7 Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan – Ufa trunk road (part of European route 22 ) passes Kosterjowo to the north.

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  A block of flats in Kosterjowo

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  Trinity Church and Exaltation of the Cross

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  Kosterjowo railway station

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 : Kosterjowo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Kosterjowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)