Shchyokino (town), Tula Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Shchyokino.
Shchyokino (English)
Щёкино (Russian)
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In Shchyokino

Location of Tula Oblast in Russia
Shchyokino
Location of Shchyokino in Tula Oblast
Coordinates: 54°00′N 37°31′E / 54.000°N 37.517°E / 54.000; 37.517Coordinates: 54°00′N 37°31′E / 54.000°N 37.517°E / 54.000; 37.517
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Administrative status (as of June 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Tula Oblast[1]
Administrative district Shchyokinsky District[1]
Town under district jurisdiction Shchyokino[2]
Administrative center of Shchyokinsky District,[1] Shchyokino Town Under District Jurisdiction[2]
Municipal status (as of December 2012)
Municipal district Shchyokinsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Shchyokino Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Shchyokinsky Municipal District,[3] Shchyokino Urban Settlement[4]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 58,139 inhabitants[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Founded 1871
Town status since 1938
Postal code(s)[7] 301240, 301241, 301243–301249, 301259
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Schyokino (Russian: Щёкино) is a town and the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the MoscowSimferopol highway (M2), 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 58,139(2010 Census);[5] 61,588(2002 Census);[8] 69,251(1989 Census);[9] 72,000 (1977).

History

It was founded in 1871 in connection with the development of brown coal deposits and soon supplanted Krapivna as the main settlement in the district. It was granted town status in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchyokino serves as the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchyokinsky District as Shchyokino Town Under District Jurisdiction.[2] As a municipal division, Shchyokino Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Shchyokinsky Municipal District as Shchyokino Urban Settlement.[3]

References

Shchyokino railway station

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #954-ZTO
  2. 1 2 3 Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast and does not include Shchyokino in the list of towns under oblast jurisdiction.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Law #552-ZTO
  4. Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 70 648 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 70 648 101. ).
  5. 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.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. 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.
  9. 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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