Kugessi

settlement Kugessi Кугеси ( Russian ) Кӳкеҫ ( Chuvash ) Federal district Volga republic Chuvashia Rajon Cheboksarsky head Andrei Mikhailov Founded 1745 Settlement since 2006 surface 6.2  km² population 11,917 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1922 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 190  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83540 Post Code 429500 License Plate 21, 121 OKATO 97 244 000 001 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 2 '  N , 47 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 1 '45 "  N , 47 ° 17' 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Chuvashia

List of large settlements in Russia

Kugessi ( Russian Кугеси , Chuvash Кӳкеҫ Kükeç ) is a settlement (possjolok) in the Republic of Chuvashia ( Russia ) with 11,917 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Kugessi is located about 15 km south of the center of the republic capital Cheboksary and the Volga in the Volga Heights .

The settlement is the administrative center of the Rajons Tscheboksarski and - as the only town - the rural community Kugesskoje selskoje posselenije.

history

The village was founded in 1745 and carried the Russified name Kugessewo or Kugeschewo until the 20th century. It goes back to a term in the Finno-Ugric language of the Mari , who settled in the area before they were displaced to the left Volga by Chuvash tribes from the 8th century .

Population growth accelerated in the 20th century and the village became the administrative seat of the Cheboksarsky rajon, founded in 1927, in 1931. In 1985 it was merged with the village of Baiderjakowo, with which it had effectively grown together. At the same time it received the status of an urban-type settlement . Since the administrative reform in 2006, Kugessi has been classified as a rural settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	407
1939	1,165
1959	1,578
1970	3,453
1979	5,724
1989	9,540
2002	11,658
2010	11,917

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

In the settlement in the vicinity of the large city of Cheboksary there are companies for food production, construction, supply and transport.

The M7 trunk road from Moscow to Ufa runs through Kugessi . Immediately south of the settlement branches off the new route of the Vyatka trunk road (A119), which bypasses Cheboksary to the east and leads directly to the Volga crossing over the embankment of the Cheboksarsk reservoir . The railway line (freight traffic only) to Novocheboksarsk runs on the northern outskirts ; the nearest passenger station is in Cheboksary.

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)