Novopavlovsk

city Novopavlovsk Новопавловск flag coat of arms Federal district North Caucasus region Stavropol Rajon Kirowski mayor Vladimir Kuznetsov Founded 1777 City since 1981 surface 26  km² population 26,562 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1022 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 330  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87938 Post Code 357300-357303 License Plate 26, 126 OKATO 07 225 501 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 58 '  N , 43 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 58 '0 "  N , 43 ° 38' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Stavropol Territory

List of cities in Russia

Novopawlowsk ( Russian Новопавловск ) is a city in the Stavropol region ( Russia ) with 26,562 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the northern Caucasus foothills about 230 km southeast of the regional capital Stavropol on the Kura (not to be confused with the Kura of the same name in Georgia and Azerbaijan ).

Novopavlovsk is the administrative center of the Rajons Kirowski.

The city lies on the Rostov-on-Don - Vladikavkaz railway line, which was opened in 1875, and is the main line of the North Caucasus Railway . The city's station is called Apollonskaya .

history

The place was created in 1777 in connection with the construction of a fortress named after the patron saint of the then Tsar Paul , the Apostle Paulus (Russian Pavel ) in the course of the Azov - Mozdok defense line along the southern border of the empire at that time . The Stanitsa of the Terek Cossacks that was built near the fortress was named Novopawlowskaja (Russian novo- for new- ).

In 1981 the city charter was granted under its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	6.351
1959	7,938
1979	13,542
1989	18,589
2002	23,235
2010	26,562

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In the Stanitsa Solskaya of the Kirovsky district, the Nikolai Church ( Свято-Николаевская церковь / Swjato-Nikolajewskaja Zerkow) is the oldest church in the area (1902).

In the vicinity are the archaeological sites Novopavlovskoye and Kurannoye from the 1st millennium BC. And a Kurgan from the late Golden Horde (16th century).

economy

Novopavlovsk is the center of an agricultural area with a food industry oriented towards it .

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

• Unofficial city portal (Russian)
• Novopavlovsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)