Perewos

city perevoz Перевоз flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Perevossky First mention 14th century Earlier names Pjanski Perewos (until 1926) City since January 15, 2001 (first time 1779) surface 6  km² population 9201 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1534 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83148 Post Code 607400 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 244 501 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 36 '  N , 44 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 36 '0 "  N , 44 ° 32' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Perewos ( Russian Перевоз ) is a small town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 9201 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 100 km southeast of the oblast capital Nizhny Novgorod on the Pjana , a left tributary of the Sura, which flows into the Volga .

Perewos is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

A village in the place of today's city has been known since the 14th century.

In 1779 the place received the city charter as the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ) of the governorship of Nizhny Novgorod under the name Pjanski Perewos , but lost the administrative function again in 1798. The name roughly means transition over the Pjana .

The main occupation of the population in the 19th century was farming and making nets for fishing, mainly on the Caspian Sea .

Before 1926, the place lost its town charter due to the low population and was now considered a village settlement under the abbreviated, current name. In 1962 the place was given the status of an urban-type settlement and on January 15, 2001 renewed town charter.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	770
1939	1664
1959	2470
1970	4383
1979	6235
1989	8313
2002	9386
2010	9201

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In the village Palez of Rajons perevoz standing Hodegetria 's Church ( церковь Одигитрии / Zerkow Odigitrii) of 1680, in the village of Bolshie Kemary the Maria Orans Cathedral ( Знаменский собор / Znamensky Sobor) of the 1,701th

One of the scenic attractions is the Itschalkowski Bor forest massif with pine, oak and mixed forests as well as limestone cliffs in a karst area .

Economy and Infrastructure

There are textile, electrotechnical and food industries in Perewos.

In stud Perewosski be trotting breeds Russian Trotter and increasingly standardbred bred, besides also cold-blooded racial Soviet Heavy Draft .

The city lies on the railway line Moscow - Arsamas - Kazan, opened on this section in 1918 ( Perevosskaya station ; line kilometers 460).

sons and daughters of the town

• Gennady Janayev (1937-2010), politician

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

• Perewos on mojgorod.ru (Russian)