Zhigulyovsk

Zhigulyovsk (English)
Жигулёвск (Russian)
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Yablonevy Ovrag, a part of Zhigulyovsk

Location of Samara Oblast in Russia
Zhigulyovsk
Location of Zhigulyovsk in Samara Oblast
Coordinates: 53°23′59″N 49°29′43″E / 53.39972°N 49.49528°E / 53.39972; 49.49528Coordinates: 53°23′59″N 49°29′43″E / 53.39972°N 49.49528°E / 53.39972; 49.49528
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of December 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Samara Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Zhigulyovsk[1]
Administrative center of town of oblast significance of Zhigulyovsk[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2004)
Urban okrug Zhigulyovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Zhigulyovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 55,565 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 298th
Time zone SAMT (UTC+04:00)[4]
Founded 1949
Town status since 1952
Official website
Zhigulyovsk on Wikimedia Commons

Zhigulyovsk (Russian: Жигулёвск) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River in the Samara Bend near the Zhiguli Mountains, 92 kilometers (57 mi) west of Samara. Population: 55,565(2010 Census);[3] 48,770(2002 Census);[5] 44,801(1989 Census).[6]

Etymology

The name Zhigulyovsk is taken from the Zhiguli Mountains, but they are named for an earlier settlement of Zhigulyovka, itself probably named for an early inhabitant, Zhegul (Жегуль).[7]

History

The town occupies the territories of former villages of Otvazhnoye (Отва́жное, known since 1840) and Morkvashi (Моркваши, known since 1647). The work settlement of Otvazhny (Отва́жный) was built here to develop the oil deposits. In 1949, it was merged with the villages and renamed Zhigulyovsk. It was granted town status in 1952.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Zhigulyovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Zhigulyovsk is incorporated as Zhigulyovsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy

Besides oil, the town also develops limestone deposits.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Charter of Samara Oblast
  2. 1 2 3 Law #189-GD
  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. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира" (Москва, 1998), p. 155.

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