Orlov (city)

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city
Orlov
Орлов
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coat of arms
Federal district Volga
Oblast Kirov
Rajon Orlov
First mention 1459
Earlier names Orlowez (1600),
Chalturin (1923–1992)
City since 1780
surface km²
population 6959 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 1740 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 120  m
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 83365
Post Code 612270
License Plate 43
OKATO 33 245 501
Website www.orlov.my1.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 58 ° 32 '  N , 48 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 32 '0 "  N , 48 ° 53' 0"  E
Orlov (city) (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Orlov (city) (Kirov Oblast)
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Location in Kirov Oblast
List of cities in Russia

Orlow ( Russian Орлов ) is a small town in Kirov Oblast ( Russia ) with 6959 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 75 km west of the Oblast capital Kirov on the left bank of the Vyatka , a tributary of the Kama .

Orlov is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

history

Orlov was first mentioned under this name in 1459, was known as Orlovets around 1600 and received town charter as Orlov in 1780 .

From 1923 to 1992 the city was called Chalturin , after the Narodnaya Volja member and Tsar assassin Stepan Chalturin (1857-1882), who was born in the village of Verkhniye Shuravli (then Chalevinskaya ), who was three kilometers away .

Population development

year Residents
1897 3,256
1939 7,349
1959 9.151
1970 10,556
1979 10,751
1989 10,296
2002 8,596
2010 6,959

Note: census data

sons and daughters of the town

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)

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