Sosnovka (Kirov)
city
Sosnovka
Сосновка
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List of cities in Russia |
Sosnowka ( Russian Сосновка ) is a city in Kirov Oblast ( Russia ) with 11,960 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).
geography
The city is located about 360 km southeast of the Oblast capital Kirov on the Vyatka , a right tributary of the Kama .
Sosnowka belongs to Rajon vyatskiye polyany .
history
Sosnowka was first mentioned in 1699, received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1938 and town charter in 1962.
Population development
year | Residents |
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1939 | 5,967 |
1959 | 14,115 |
1970 | 16,748 |
1979 | 15,657 |
1989 | 15,179 |
2002 | 12,840 |
2010 | 11,960 |
Note: census data
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- Sosnowka on mojgorod.ru (Russian)