Luchowka

Urban-type settlement Luchowka Луховка Federal district Volga republic Mordovia Urban district Saransk Urban-type settlement since 1969 population 8,639 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8342 Post Code 430905-430911 License Plate 13, 113 OKATO 89 401 666 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 9 ′  N , 45 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  N , 45 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Situation in Mordovia

Luchowka ( Russian Лу́ховка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Mordovia in Russia with 8,639 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Street in Luchowka

The center of the suburb of the republic capital Saransk is about 6 km as the crow flies southeast of the city center. It stretches for about 6 km along the left bank of the Tawla, which flows into the Insar from the right in Saransk .

Luchowka belongs to the Saransk district . It has its own settlement administration, which also subordinates the village of Kulikowka, which adjoins it to the south, and Makarowka, a little to the north, to the right of the Tawla.

history

The previously insignificant village of Luchowka developed into a residential suburb of the city of Saransk from the 1960s and received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1969.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	5,047
1979	7,543
1989	10,017
2002	9,099
2010	8,639

Note: census data

traffic

On the southwestern edge of Luchowka, the regional road 89K-11 runs in the direction of Kotschkurowo  - Vojewodskoje - border to Penza Oblast (from there as 58K-168 via Lunino to Penza ). On the north-western edge of the settlement it is crossed by the south-eastern bypass around Saransk. Luchowka is connected to the Saransk city ​​bus network.

The nearest train station is also Saransk on the Rusajewka  - Krasny Usel  - Kanasch route . Saransk Airport is located about 2.5 km southwest of Luchowka .

Web links

Commons : Luchowka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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)