Volgorechensk

city Volgorechensk Волгореченск flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kostroma Urban district Volgorechensk mayor Yuri Makov Founded 1964 City since 1994 surface 18  km² population 17,104 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 950 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49453 Post Code 156901 License Plate 44 OKATO 34 406 Website www.volgorechensk.net Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 26 '  N , 41 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 26 '0 "  N , 41 ° 9' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kostroma Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Volgoretschensk ( Russian Волгореченск ) is a city in Kostroma Oblast ( Russia ) with 17,104 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Tikhon Church in Volgorechensk

The city is located about 40 km southeast of the oblast capital Kostroma on the right bank of the Volga , at the confluence of its tributary Shacha .

Volgoretschensk forms an independent urban district .

The city is the end of a 30-kilometer railway line (freight traffic only) that branches off from the Yaroslavl - Ivanovo line at Furmanow . The Kostroma – Ivanovo road also runs through the city.

history

Volgoretschensk was established in 1964 as an urban-type settlement in connection with the construction of a thermal power plant and was granted town charter on June 16, 1994.

The name refers to the Volga and the Russian word reka for river , means as about Volga river city .

Population development

year	Residents
1970	7,828
1979	13,253
1989	15,966
2002	18.164
2010	17,104

Note: census data

economy

The town-building company is the Kostromaer Thermal Power Plant (Russian : Костромская ГРЭС / Kostromskaja GRES) belonging to OGK-3 with an output of 3600  megawatts . There is also a pipe works and construction companies. In 2012, National Oilwell Varco decided to set up a factory for drilling rigs and oil field equipment in Volgorechensk.

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)

Web links

Commons : Volgorechensk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official city portal (Russian)
• Volgorechensk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)