Arkadak
Аркадак
Town[1]
In Arkadak
In Arkadak
Coat of arms of Arkadak
Coat of arms
Location of Arkadak
Map
Arkadak is located in Russia
Arkadak
Arkadak
Location of Arkadak
Arkadak is located in Saratov Oblast
Arkadak
Arkadak
Arkadak (Saratov Oblast)
Coordinates: 51°56′N 43°30′E / 51.933°N 43.500°E / 51.933; 43.500
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSaratov Oblast[1]
Administrative districtArkadaksky District[1]
Founded1721[2]
Town status since1963
Elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total12,845
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
11,895 (−7.4%)
 • Capital ofArkadaksky District[5]
 • Municipal districtArkadaksky Municipal District[6]
 • Urban settlementArkadak Urban Settlement[6]
 • Capital ofArkadaksky Municipal District,[7] Arkadak Urban Settlement[6]
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK+1 Edit this on Wikidata[8])
Postal code(s)[9]
412210, 412211
Dialing code(s)+7 84542
OKTMO ID63603101001

Arkadak (Russian: Аркада́к) is a town and the administrative center of Arkadaksky District in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Arkadak River near its confluence with the Khopyor, 248 kilometers (154 mi) west of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 12,845 (2010 Census);[3] 14,438 (2002 Census);[10] 14,244 (1989 Census).[11]

History

It was founded in 1721.[2] Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1939; town status was granted in 1963.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Arkadak serves as the administrative center of Arkadaksky District,[5] to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Arkadak, together with one rural locality (the settlement of Krasny), is incorporated within Arkadaksky Municipal District as Arkadak Urban Settlement.[6]

Culture

Ardak Museum

The town is home to the Arkadak Museum of local history, which was established in 1968.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Law #78-ZSO stipulates that the borders of the administrative districts are identical to the borders of the municipal districts. The Law #109-ZSO, which describes the borders and the composition of Arkadaksky Municipal District, lists the town of Arkadak as a part of that municipal district. The Law #21-ZSO does not enumerate any administrative division types below the district level.
  2. ^ a b Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 24. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 63 203», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 63 203, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  6. ^ a b c d Law #109-ZSO
  7. ^ Law #78-ZSO
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  10. ^ 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).
  11. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

External links

Administrative divisions of Saratov Oblast
Categories