Loknja (Pskov)

Urban-type settlement Loknja Локня Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Pskov Rajon Loknyansky Founded 1901 Urban-type settlement since 1941 population 3872 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 125  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81139 Post Code 182900 License Plate 60 OKATO 58 218 551 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 50 ′  N , 30 ° 9 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 30 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Pskov Oblast

Loknja ( Russian Ло́кня ) is an urban-type settlement in the Pskov Oblast in Russia with 3872 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 150 km as the crow flies southeast of the Pskov Oblast Administrative Center . It is located about four kilometers from the right bank of the eponymous left Lovat -Nebenflusses Loknya removed.

Loknja is the administrative center of Loknjanski Rajons and the seat and only locality of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Loknja.

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  Street in Loknja

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  Police station in Loknja

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  Loknja Railway Station (before World War I )

history

The place was created in 1901 in connection with the construction of the railway line Saint Petersburg  - Vitebsk , when a station named after the nearby river was built with a surrounding settlement. The village of Wlizy, which belongs to the place today, was first mentioned in a document as early as 1488.

On August 1, 1927, Loknja became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1941 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement. During the Second World War , Loknja was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from July 25, 1941 to February 26, 1944 .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2194
1959	3421
1970	4277
1979	5262
1989	6061
2002	4898
2010	3872

Note: census data

traffic

Loknja has a station at kilometer 365 of the railway line St. Petersburg - Dno  - Novosokolniki  - Newel  - Vitebsk ( Belarus ), which opened on this section in 1903 .

The regional road 58K-079 runs through the settlement, coming from the city of Velikye Luki , 60 km south, going east to the border of Novgorod Oblast , there as 49K-15 in the direction of Cholm  - Staraya Russa  - Shimsk . In a north-westerly direction, the 58K-019 branches off via Beschanizy and Novorschew to Pushkinskije Gory .

Web links

Commons : Loknja  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 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)