Sosnovskoye (Nizhny Novgorod)

Urban-type settlement Sosnovskoye Сосновское Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Sosnowski Urban-type settlement since 1938 population 8746 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83174 Post Code 606170 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 250 551 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 48 '  N , 43 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 48 '0 "  N , 43 ° 9' 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Sosnowskoje ( Russian Сосно́вское ) is an urban-type settlement in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia with 8,746 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 75 km as the crow flies southwest of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Administrative Center , not far from the right-hand Oka tributary Kishma .

Sosnowskoje is the administrative center of the Rajons Sosnowski and seat and only town of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Rabotchi possjolok Sosnowskoje.

history

The place was founded in the 16th century. From the beginning of the 17th century, increasingly from the end of the 18th century, Sosnovskoye developed into the administrative seat of a Volost , as in many villages in the region, which is less usable for agriculture due to poor soil, the metalworking handicraft, especially the manufacture of tools.

Since 1935 Sosnowskoje has been the administrative seat of a district that was separated from the Pavlovsky rajon . In 1938 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4684
1959	6188
1970	8191
1979	8770
1989	9187
2002	9207
2010	8746

Note: census data

traffic

The settlement is on the regional road 22K-0036, which , coming from Pavlovo , continues in a southerly direction via Muchtolowo to 22K-0079 near Ardatow . The closest railway station, Metallist, is located in Pavlovo, about 20 km north, at the end of a line from Nizhny Novgorod.

Web links

• 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)