Romanovka (Saratov)

Urban-type settlement Romanovka Романовка Federal district Volga Oblast Saratov Rajon Romanowski Founded 1680 Urban-type settlement since 1944 population 7271 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84544 Post Code 412271 License Plate 64, 164 OKATO 63 240 551 Website [http: //] Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 45 ′  N , 42 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 45 "  N , 42 ° 45 ′ 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Saratov Oblast

Romanowka ( Russian Рома́новка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Saratov Oblast in Russia with 7,271 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 225 km as the crow flies west of the Saratov Oblast Administrative Center on the right bank of the right Chopjor tributary Karai , just under 10 km from the border with Tambov Oblast .

Romanowka is the administrative center of the Rajons Romanowski and seat and only town of the municipality Romanowskoje gorodskoje posselenije.

history

The place was founded as Sloboda in 1680 by resettlers from what would later become the Kyiv Governorate . It quickly gained regional economic importance and at the end of the 18th century became the seat of a Volost des Ujesds Balaschow of the Saratov governorate .

On July 23, 1928 Romanowka became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1944 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	7005
1939	6476
1959	7642
1970	8244
1979	8025
1989	7657
2002	7804
2010	7271

Note: census data

traffic

Romanowka has a train station at kilometer 160 of the Tambov  - Balashov - Kamyshin railway line opened in 1894 . A regional road leads into the settlement, which follows the railway line from the town of Balashov, which is almost 40 km southeast of the Borisoglebsk  - Saratov branch of the federal trunk road R22 .

Web links

• [http: // www.rom.romanovka.sarmo.ru Official website of the municipal administration] (Russian)

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)