Lukoyanov

city Lukoyanov Лукоянов coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Lukoyanov mayor Alexander Saigin Founded 16th century City since 1779 surface 6  km² population 14,951 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2492 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83196 Post Code 607800 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 239 501 Website lukojnov.narod.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 2 ′  N , 44 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  N , 44 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Lukojanow ( Russian Лукоянов ) is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 14,951 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 170 km southeast of the oblast capital Nizhny Novgorod on the Tjoscha , a right tributary of the Oka, which flows into the Volga .

Lukoyanov is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

The place was founded in the 16th century by a certain Iwaschka Lukojanow, who built a mill here, and named after him.

From the middle of the 17th century the village belonged to the Russian tsarist court.

On September 5, 1779, the place received city rights as the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ). In 1816 the city was seriously destroyed by fire.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2.117
1939	5,488
1959	6,983
1970	10.194
1979	11,429
1989	12,276
2002	12,856
2010	14,951

Note: census data (1939 rounded)

Culture and sights

The town has a local museum in the Blochin family's wooden house from the 19th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Lukoyanov there are mechanical engineering and construction and building materials industries (e.g. refractory materials ).

The city lies on the railway line Rusajewka - Arsamas - Nizhny Novgorod, opened in 1903 . The trunk road 1R 158 Nizhny Novgorod – Arsamas – Saransk also runs through Lukoyanov .

Personalities

• Nikolai Urwanzew (1893–1985), geologist and polar explorer , born in Lukoyanov

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

• Rajon and City Administration website (Russian)
• City's unofficial website (Russian)
• Lukoyanov on mojgorod.ru (Russian)