Shchyolkovo

For other places with the same name, see Shchyolkovo (inhabited locality).
Shchyolkovo (English)
Щёлково (Russian)
-  City[1]  -

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Shchyolkovo
Location of Shchyolkovo in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°55′N 38°00′E / 55.917°N 38.000°E / 55.917; 38.000Coordinates: 55°55′N 38°00′E / 55.917°N 38.000°E / 55.917; 38.000
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Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district Shchyolkovsky District[1]
City Shchyolkovo[1]
Administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District,[1] City of Shchyolkovo[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2013)
Municipal district Shchyolkovsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Shchyolkovo Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Shchyolkovsky Municipal District,[2] Shchyolkovo Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 110,411 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 145th
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 16th century
City status since 1925
Postal code(s)[5] 141100–141104, 141107–141110, 141112, 141113
Dialing code(s) +7 49656
Official website
Shchyolkovo on Wikimedia Commons

Shchyolkovo (Russian: Щёлково) is a city and the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River (Oka's tributary), 20 kilometers (12 mi) northeast of Moscow. Population: 110,411(2010 Census);[3] 112,865 (2002 Census);[6] 109,255 (1989 Census);[7] 91,000 (1977).

History

It dates back to the 16th century. Town status was granted to it in 1925.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchyolkovo serves as the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated within Shchyolkovsky District as the City of Shchyolkovo.[1] As a municipal division, the City of Shchyolkovo is incorporated within Shchyolkovsky Municipal District as Shchyolkovo Urban Settlement.[2]

Transportation

The city is reachable by suburban trains from the Yaroslavsky railway station in Moscow.

Twin towns and sister cities

Shchyolkovo is twinned with:

References

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Shchyolkovo.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #123-PG
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #83/2005-OZ
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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