Solnechnodolsk

Urban-type settlement Solnechnodolsk Solnechnodolsk flag coat of arms Federal district North Caucasus region Stavropol Rajon Isobilnenski head Vadim Belichenko Founded 1973 Urban-type settlement since 1973 population 12,137 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 160  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86545 Post Code 356126 License Plate 26, 126 OKATO 07 220 555 Geographical location Coordinates 45 ° 17 ′  N , 41 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 17 ′ 15 "  N , 41 ° 29 ′ 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Stavropol Territory

List of large settlements in Russia

Solnechnodolsk ( Russian Солнечнодо́льск ) is an urban-type settlement in the Stavropol region ( Russia ) with 12,137 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located almost 50 km northwest of the regional administrative center of Stavropol in the northern foothills of the Greater Caucasus . It is located on the left bank of the Jegorlyk, which is dammed up there to form the Novotroitskoye reservoir .

Solnechnodolsk belongs to the Isobilnensky Rajons and is located about 20 km southwest of its administrative center Isobilny . It is the seat and only place of the municipality of the same name (gorodskoje posselenije).

history

The place was created in connection with the construction of the Stavropolskaya GRES thermal power plant, which began in 1973 and received the status of an urban-type settlement in the same year. The name is derived from the Russian words solnze for sun and dolina for valley . The four units of the power plant went into operation between 1974 and 1983.

Population development

year	Residents
1979	10,238
1989	11,118
2002	12,929
2010	12,137

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

The building company is the thermal power plant Stavropolskaya GRES, operated by OGK-2 and located on the northern outskirts, with an output of 2400  MW .

16 km north of the settlement is the nearest railway station on the Kawkasskaya ( Kropotkin ) - Stavropol line, from where a rail connection leads to the power plant. Solnnodolsk is located on the regional road 07K-038 to Sengilejewskoje , which connects 10 km north of Novotroitskaya to the 07K-036 Stavropol - Isobilny - Krasnogwardeiskoje .

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

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