Sharanga

Urban-type settlement Sharanga аранга Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Sharangski First mention 1747 Urban-type settlement since 1972 population 6557 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83155 Post Code 606840 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 256 551 Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 11 '  N , 46 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 10 '30 "  N , 46 ° 32' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Sharanga ( Russian Шара́нга ) is an urban-type settlement in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia with 6557 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Lenin monument in Sharanga

The place is a good 180 km as the crow flies northeast of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Administrative Center , a good 10 km from the border with Kirov Oblast . It is located on the eponymous Sharanga , a left tributary of the Usta .

Saddle Ranga is the administrative center of the Rajons Scharangski and seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Rabotchi possjolok clam Ranga, (km southeast 4) (km north 4) are among the also the villages Bolshoi Reitschwasch (4 km northwest), Kurschakowo and Maly Reitschwasch.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1747 as a village primarily inhabited by Mari and named after the river. As a result, it belonged to the Ujesd Jaransk of the Vyatka Governorate .

On June 10, 1929, Sharanga became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him, which belonged to Kirov Oblast from the 1930s to January 6, 1960, when it was handed over to Gorky Oblast (now Nizhny Novgorod). In 1972, Scharanga received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	550
1939	1803
1959	2437
1970	3841
1979	4986
1989	6053
2002	6381
2010	6557

Note: census data

traffic

Some kilometers west saddle range is bypassed from the regional road 22K-0012, which in Arja , near the small town of Uren 0159 22R Nizhny Novgorod from - Shakhunya (- Yaransk) branches, through the north neighboring Rajonzentrum Tonkino and on to the border of the Republic of Mari El runs , there towards Kilemary .

In Arja, about 50 km to the north-west, on the Moscow  - Nizhny Novgorod - Kotelnitsch route, there is also the nearest train station.

Web links

• Official website of the district 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)