Sosnogorsk

city Sosnogorsk Сосногорск, ( Russian ) Сӧснагорт ( Komi ) flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia republic Komi Rajon Sosnogorsk mayor Natalia Kupetskova Founded 1939 City since 1955 surface 46  km² population 27,757 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 603 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 90  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 82149 Post Code 169500-169502 License Plate 11, 111 OKATO 87 422 Website http://www.sosnogorsk.org/ Geographical location Coordinates 63 ° 35 '  N , 53 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 35 '0 "  N , 53 ° 56' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Komi Republic

List of cities in Russia

Sosnogorsk ( Russian Сосногорск , Komi Сӧснагорт , scientific transliteration Sösnagort ) is a city in the northwestern Russian republic of Komi with 27,757 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the foothills of the Northern Urals about 350 km northeast of the republic capital Syktyvkar at the mouth of the Uchta in the Ishma , a left tributary of the Pechora . Sosnogorsk is only a few kilometers from the city of Ukhta .

Sosnogorsk is administratively directly subordinate to the republic.

The city lies on the Pechora railway Konoscha - Kotlas - Vorkuta (1568 km from Moscow ). A 161 km long branch line branches off here to Troizko-Pechorsk .

history

Sosnogorsk was created in 1939 when the Pechora railway was built, initially as Ischma and received city rights in 1955. In 1957 the city got its current name (from Russian sosna for pine ).

Population development

year	Residents
1959	15,799
1970	24,688
1979	27,021
1989	30,439
2002	29,587
2010	27,757

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Sosnogorsk since 1999 exists History Museum .

economy

Main industry is the natural gas processing ( pipeline of Vuktyl ). There are also rail transport companies.

sons and daughters of the town

• Julija Iwanowa (* 1985), cross-country skier
• Julija Belorukowa (* 1995), cross-country skier

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

Commons : Sosnogorsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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