Schumerlja

city Schumerlja Шумерля ( Russian ) Ҫӗмӗрле ( Chuvash ) coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Chuvashia Urban district Schumerlja head Sergei Novichkov Founded 1916 City since 1937 surface 13  km² population 31,722 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2440 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83536 Post Code 42912x License Plate 21, 121 OKATO 97 413 Website gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=76 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 30 ′  N , 46 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 46 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Chuvashia

List of cities in Russia

Schumerlja ( Russian Шумерля , Chuvash Ҫӗмӗрле / Çĕmĕrle) is a Russian city ​​in the Autonomous Republic of Chuvashia within the Volga Federal District with 31,722 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It forms an independent urban district and is also the administrative seat of the Schumerlja district .

geography

Schumerlja is located about 600 km east of Moscow and about 110 km southwest of the republic capital Cheboksary on the northern slope of the Volga Heights on the right bank of the Sura . The nearest town is Jadrin 51 km downstream north of Shumerlja.

history

The place was created in 1916 as a settlement at a railway station opened in 1918 on the Moscow - Kazan route . The Chuvash name Çĕmĕrle was adopted from a neighboring village and means "to roar, roar".

In the 1920s, the town's industrial development began with the construction of a timber combination , among other things , which supplied spare parts for armaments production during the Second World War . In 1937 Schumerlja, at that time already with around 15,000 inhabitants, received city ​​rights .

In the post-war period, Shumerlia's industry and infrastructure continued to develop. The highest population of around 43,000 was reached at the beginning of the 1990s, since then it has fallen again by around 10,000. The city's coat of arms Shumerlyas was introduced in 1976 and symbolizes the mechanical engineering and wood industry in the town with the representation of a gear wheel and an oak leaf, while the blue wave alludes to the location on the Sura River.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	15,220
1959	30,213
1970	33,816
1979	37,347
1989	41,986
2002	36,239
2010	31,722

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

The predominant branches of industry are chemistry, commercial vehicle and food production, and wood processing. Schumerlja has a landing stage on the Sura and a train station on the important railway line Moscow - Kazan .

Web links

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• Unofficial website (Russian)
• Shumerlja on mojgorod.ru (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)