Chagoda

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Tschagoda (disambiguation) .

Urban-type settlement Chagoda Ча́года Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Vologda Rajon Chagodoshensky Founded 1926 Earlier names Bely Bychok Urban-type settlement since 1932 population 6920 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81741 Post Code 162401 License Plate 35 OKATO 19 254 551 Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 10 ′  N , 35 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 35 ° 20 ′ 15 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Vologda Oblast

Tschagoda ( Russian Ча́года ) is an urban-type settlement in the Vologda Oblast ( Russia ) with 6920 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

The settlement is located about 260 kilometers west of Oblastverwaltungszentrums Vologda on the left bank of the Mologa -Nebenflusses Chagodoshcha River (in the upper reaches as Chagoda called). 10 km to the southwest is the urban-type Sasonowo settlement on the A114 highway between Saint Petersburg and Vologda .

Chagoda is the administrative center of the Chagodoschtschenski Rajons of the same name .

history

The place was founded in 1926 in connection with the construction of a glassworks under the name Bely Bychok . In 1927 the settlement projected by Noi Trozki came to the newly formed Verkhne-Tschagodoschtschenki rajon of Leningrad Oblast (renamed Tschagodoschtschenki rajon in 1937 with the formation of Vologda Oblast ) with headquarters in Belyje Kresty (from 1947 Sasonowo ).

In 1932 urban-type settlement status was given. Between 1939 and 1959 (exact year unknown) the place got its current name after the river, and the administrative seat of the Rajon was moved to there.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7,982
1959	10,844
1970	8,746
1979	8,045
1989	8,171
2002	6,919
2010	6,920

Note: census data

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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)