Shachunya

city Shakhunya Шахунья flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Shachunya mayor Roman Koshelev Founded 1921 City since 1943 surface 18  km² population 20,921 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1162 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 160  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83152 Post Code 606910-606912 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 258 501 Website www.shahunia.ru Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 40 ′  N , 46 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 57 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 46 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Schachunja ( Russian Шахунья ) is a city in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 20,921 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 240 km northeast of the Oblast capital Nizhny Novgorod , east of the river Wetluga .

Shachunja is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

In 1921, in connection with the construction of the Nizhny Novgorod– Kotelnitsch railway line, a settlement was built about three kilometers from the old village of the same name at the future Shachunya railway station . The name was probably derived from the family name of the first settler Schachunski.

The train station, which opened in 1927, received a larger locomotive depot, and an electricity station was built in the 1930s.

In 1938 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1943 the town charter .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	10,226
1959	21.305
1970	20,099
1979	20,954
1989	22,337
2002	21,724
2010	20,921

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

In Shachunja there are companies in the wood processing, food and textile industries.

The city is located on the railway line Moscow –Nizhny Novgorod– Kirov (route km 682), opened on this section in 1927 , on which a large part of the trains of the Trans-Siberian Railway runs on its western part from Moscow. The R159 Nizhny Novgorod – Jaransk road also runs through Shakhunya .

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

• City administration website (Russian)
• Schachunja on mojgorod.ru (Russian)