Kunja (Pskov)

Urban-type settlement Kunja Кунья Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Pskov Rajon Kunjinski Founded 1900 Urban-type settlement since 1966 population 3127 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81149 Post Code 182010 License Plate 60 OKATO 58 216 551 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 18 ′  N , 30 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 17 ′ 30 ″  N , 30 ° 58 ′ 30 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Pskov Oblast

Kunja ( Russian Ку́нья ) is an urban-type settlement in the Pskov Oblast in Russia with 3127 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 230 km as the crow flies southeast of the Pskow Oblast Administrative Center . It is located on the Lusnja, a right tributary of the eponymous Lowat tributary Kunja , not far from its mouth.

Kunja is the administrative center of the Rajons Kunjinski and seat and only town of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Kunja.

history

The place was created in 1900 during the construction of the Moscow  - Riga railway line as a station settlement , which was named after the nearby river. Since April 10, 1924, the settlement was the seat of a Volost of Ujesds Velikije Luki in the Pskov governorate . On August 1, 1927, the Wolost was converted into a Rajon, which was in the meantime dissolved from January 1, 1932 to February 10, 1935.

During the Second World War , the place was occupied by the German Wehrmacht in August 1941 and recaptured by the Red Army on January 23, 1942 in the run-up to the Battle of Cholm during their advance in the Ostashkow - Toropez area . For almost another year, until mid-January 1943, the front line ran between Kunja and Velikiye Luki, 25 km to the west.

On March 2, 1966, Kunja received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	615
1959	2313
1970	2986
1979	3575
1989	4023
2002	3527
2010	3127

Note: census data

traffic

Kunja train station

Kunja has a train station at kilometer 449 on this section on September 11th ^. / September 24, 1901 ^greg. and the railway line Moscow  - Velikije Luki - Riga opened continuously in 1904 . The federal trunk road M9 from Moscow to the Latvian border passes south of the settlement (part of European route 22 ).

Web links

• Official website of the district 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)