Watscha (Nizhny Novgorod)

Urban-type settlement Watscha Vacha Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Wading ski First mention 1588 Urban-type settlement since 1938 population 5987 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83173 Post Code 606150 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 217 551 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 48 '  N , 42 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 48 '0 "  N , 42 ° 46' 20"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Watscha ( Russian Ва́ча ) is an urban-type settlement in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia with 5987 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 100 km as the crow flies southwest of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Administrative Center on the river Watschka, which flows in via Malaya Kutra and Bolshaya Kutra Oka , which marks the border with Vladimir Oblast almost 20 km northwest .

Watscha is the administrative center of the Watschski Rajons and the seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Rabotschi possjolok Watscha, which also includes the villages of Popowka (2 km northwest) and Popyschowo (3 km southwest).

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1588. As a result he belonged to the Ujesd Murom of the Vladimir governorate .

On June 30, 1929 Watscha became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1938 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1784
1939	3860
1959	6784
1970	7714
1979	7779
1989	7455
2002	6732
2010	5987

Note: census data

traffic

A few kilometers northwest of Watscha the regional road 22K-0125 runs from Nizhny Novgorod via Pavlovo to 22K-0079 not far from the border with Vladimir Oblast between the cities of Navaschino and Murom. The short 22K-0034 leads from the street to the town. The closest railway station, Metallist, is located in Pavlovo about 25 km to the northeast , the end of a line from Nizhny Novgorod.

Web links

• Official web portal 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)