Weidelewka

Urban-type settlement Weidelewka Вейделевка Federal district Central Russia Oblast Belgorod Rajon Weidelewski head Irina Maistrenko First mention 1742 Earlier names Vyschnjaja Urajewka Urban-type settlement since 1972 population 7008 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47237 Post Code 309720 License Plate 31 OKATO 14 225 551 Website admveidelevka.ru Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 9 ′  N , 38 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 45 ″  N , 38 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Belgorod Oblast

Weidelewka ( Russian Ве́йделевка ) is an urban-type settlement in Belgorod Oblast in Russia with 7008 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 140 km as the crow flies east-southeast of the Oblast Administrative Center Belgorod , a good 10 km from the state border with Ukraine . It is located on the Urjewa, a left tributary of the Oskol .

Weidelewka is the administrative center of Weidelewski Rajon and the seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Weidelewka, which also includes the hamlet (chutor) Pridoroschny 6 km to the east .

history

The place goes back to the hamlet of Wyschnjaja Urajewka, first mentioned in 1742, which was bought by Major General Rodion Wedel († 1752) out of service in 1747 and subsequently named after him or his family - in a modified spelling.

On July 30, 1928, Weidelewka became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1972 the place received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3837
1959	3062
1970	4632
1979	5660
1989	7055
2002	7188
2010	7008

Note: census data

traffic

Regional road 14K-8 runs through Weidelewka from Nowy Oskol via Waluiki and on to Rowenki .

The nearest train station is in the city of Waluiki, 25 km to the west, where the Moscow  - Luhansk and Kharkiv  - Penza lines cross.

Web links

• Official website of the municipal 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)