Neja

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city Neja Нея flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kostroma Rajon Neja mayor Yuri Chashkin Founded 1906 City since 1958 surface 16  km² population 9827 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 614 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 105  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49444 Post Code 157330-157332 License Plate 44 OKATO 34 422 Website www.neya.info Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 17 '  N , 43 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 17 '0 "  N , 43 ° 52' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kostroma Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Neja ( Russian Нея ) is a small town with 9827 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Russia in the Kostroma Oblast on the river of the same name . It is located 237 km northeast of the regional capital Kostroma . The nearest town is Makarev , which is around 50 km from Neja.

history

There is evidence that the first settlements near the present-day city existed at the beginning of the 16th century. For the hydronym Neja a Finno-Ugric origin from the time before the 9th century is assumed. From the middle of the 16th century at the latest, a trade route ran through the Neja area, which favored settlements all around.

At the beginning of the 20th century, during the period of intensive railway construction in the Russian Empire , the Vologda - Vjatka line was relocated, which today belongs to a section of the European part of the Trans-Siberian Mainline . A small station was built near the Neja River in 1906. The now favorable traffic connection favored the trade in this area. As early as 1905, an English entrepreneur opened a wood factory near the station. Over the next few decades, the station settlement became a place with over 1000 inhabitants.

In 1929 the Neja Rajon was formed and the Neja settlement was declared its administrative center. In 1958 it received city status.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	8,901
1959	13,446
1970	14,416
1979	12,676
1989	13,291
2002	11,506
2010	9,827

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Neja is still a center of forestry and wood processing with several sawmills. Otherwise there is only textile and food industry in the city. While Neja has no direct expressway connections with other cities, it is connected to the Trans-Siberian Railway and has a train station there, where long-distance trains also stop.

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)
2. ^ Story of Neja on the official city website

Web links

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• Neja on mojgorod.ru (Russian)