Sosnowka (Tambow, Sosnowski)

Urban-type settlement Sosnovka Сосновка Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tambov Rajon Sosnowski Founded 1640 Urban-type settlement since 1966 population 9,189 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47532 Post Code 393840 License Plate 68 OKATO 68 234 551 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 14 '  N , 41 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 13 '45 "  N , 41 ° 22' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tambov Oblast

Sosnowka ( Russian Сосно́вка ) is an urban-type settlement in Tambov Oblast in Russia with 9,189 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Side street in Sosnovka

The place is a good 50 km as the crow flies north of the Tambov Oblast Administrative Center on the Chelnovaya , a left tributary of the Zna .

Sosnowka is the administrative center of the Rajons Sosnowski and seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Sosnowski possowet, which also includes the villages Alexandrovka (12 km north-northeast), Kosmatschowka (9 km north), Marinovka (10 km north-northwest) and Wirjatino (9 km southeast) include .

history

The place was founded in 1640 by resettlers from the area around Ryazan , Shazk and Skopin . By the 19th century it developed into a regionally important economic center, so that a railway line was introduced towards the end of the century .

On July 16, 1928, Sosnowka became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. Since November 30, 1966, the place has the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7,755
1959	7.128
1970	8,824
1979	10,578
1989	11,814
2002	10,791
2010	9,189

Note: census data

traffic

The Chelnovaya railway station , named after the river, is located in Sosnovka , the end of an 84 km long branch line from Pervomaiski ( Bogoyawlensk station ) on the Moscow  - Ryazan - Voronezh line, opened in 1895 .

The regional road Tambov - Morschansk  - Shazk (formerly A143) , which follows the Zna, passes about 15 km to the east .

Web links

Commons : Sosnowka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 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)