Sharya

For other places with the same name, see Sharya (inhabited locality).
Sharya (English)
Шарья (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Sharya railway station

Location of Kostroma Oblast in Russia
Sharya
Location of Sharya in Kostroma Oblast
Coordinates: 58°22′N 45°30′E / 58.367°N 45.500°E / 58.367; 45.500Coordinates: 58°22′N 45°30′E / 58.367°N 45.500°E / 58.367; 45.500
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Administrative status (as of April 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kostroma Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Sharya[1]
Administrative center of Sharyinsky District,[1] town of oblast significance of Sharya[1]
Municipal status (as of March 2014)
Urban okrug Sharya Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Sharya Urban Okrug,[2] Sharyinsky Municipal District[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 23,681 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1906
Town status since 1938
Postal code(s)[5] 157500, 157501, 157504, 157505, 157559
Dialing code(s) +7 49449
Official website
Sharya on Wikimedia Commons

Sharya (Russian: Шарья́) is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vetluga River 330 kilometers (210 mi) northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 23,681(2010 Census);[3] 24,900(2002 Census);[6] 27,062(1989 Census);[7] 26,000 (1974).

History

It was founded in 1906 and granted town status in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sharya serves as the administrative center of Sharyinsky District,[1] even though it is not a part of it.[8] As an administrative division, it is, together with the urban-type settlement of Vetluzhsky and three rural localities,[9] incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Sharya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Sharya is incorporated as Sharya Urban Okrug.[2]

Twin towns and sister cities

Sharya has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International (SCI):

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #112-4-ZKO
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #237-ZKO
  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.
  8. Resolution #133-a
  9. The village of Kostino under the administrative jurisdiction of Sharya was abolished by Resolution #586 of October 6, 2004. This Resolution was abrogated by Resolution #359 of August 17, 2007; however, the village had not been reinstated, nor is it included into the Registry of Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast.

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