Verkhozhiche

Urban-type settlement Werchoschischemje Верхошижемье flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Kirov Rajon Verkhozhishemsky Founded 1678 Urban-type settlement since 1969 population 4357 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 190  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83335 Post Code 613310 License Plate 43 OKATO 33 208 551 Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 1 '  N , 49 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 0 '45 "  N , 49 ° 6' 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kirov Oblast

Verkhoschischemje ( Russian Верхоши́жемье ) is an urban-type settlement in the Kirov Oblast in Russia with 4,357 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The village is located approximately 75 km crow flies south-southwest of Oblastverwaltungszentrums Kirov and is located on the upper reaches of the left Vyatka -Nebenflusses Schischma .

Verkhoschischemje is the administrative center of the Verkhoshishemsky Rajons and the seat of the municipality of Verkhoschischemskoje gorodskoje posselenije. In addition to the settlement, the municipality includes the ten villages Babitschi, Bolschije Kuliki, Bolschije Medjanzy, Issupowy, Kazan, Loguschiny, Morosy, Moskva, Popovschtschina and Verkholipowo, which are mostly located in a south-westerly direction up to 20 km away.

history

The place was founded in 1678 by the Archijerei (bishop) of the Chlynower Tryphon monastery on the trade route from Jaransk to Chlynow (later Vyatka and today's Kirov). The name refers to the location on the upper Schischma (Russian werchnjaja Schischma ). As a result he belonged to the Ujesd Vyatka of the Vyatka Governorate .

On June 8, 1929, Verkhoschischemje was the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1969 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	1832
1970	3285
1979	4502
1989	5037
2002	4519
2010	4357

Note: census data

traffic

Verkhoschischemja is bypassed to the east by regional road 33R-008, which, coming from Kirov, continues via Sovetsk to Yaransk. The nearest train station is in Oritschi, about 50 km to the north, on the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway .

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)