Shemysheika

Urban-type settlement Shemysheika ыемышейка flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Penza Rajon Shemysheisky First mention 1705 Urban-type settlement since 198x population 6512 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 160  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 84159 Post Code 442430 License Plate 58 OKATO 56 259 551 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 54 '  N , 45 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 53 '30 "  N , 45 ° 23' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Penza Oblast

Schemysheika ( Russian Шемыше́йка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Penza Oblast in Russia with 6512 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 40 km in a straight line to the southeast of Oblastverwaltungszentrums Pensa on the left Sura creek Usa , the few kilometers to the northwest in the Sura Reservoir (Surskoje wodochranilischtsche) opens.

Schemyscheika is the administrative center of the Rajons Schemyscheiski and seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Rabotchi possjolok Schemyscheika, also (6 km east) belong to the village Mordowskaja Norka (6 km southeast) and the settlement Lesnoi.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1705 as a newly built village Nikolskaja (Schemischeika) with 15 courtyards. From 1780 it belonged to the Ujesd Kuznetsk governorship, later Saratov governorate . The name Nikolskoje, after the patron saint of the village church, was used as an alternative designation until the early 20th century.

On February 10, 1932, the administrative headquarters of the Naskaftymski rajon, founded on July 16, 1928, with its seat in the village of Naskaftym , located just under 20 km northeast, was relocated to Shemysheika and the raion was renamed accordingly. In the 1980s, the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1795	760
1859	2553
1897	3059
1939	2737
1959	2569
1970	2914
1979	5532
1989	6806
2002	6708
2010	6512

Note: from 1897 census data

traffic

Regional road 56K-161 runs through Schemyscheika from Penza to the neighboring district of Lopatino in the southeast . To the west, the 56K-276 branches off to the village of Kondol, about 25 km away , on the federal highway R158 Nizhny Novgorod  - Penza - Saratov . In the northeast 56K 59 proceeds according Gorodishtche , via which the approximately 30 km away from the nearest station Kanajewka (near Sursk ) at the track Ryazhsk  - Pensa - Sysran is achievable.

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)