Khotkovo
Хотьково
Town[1]
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Khotkovo is located in Russia
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Khotkovo is located in Moscow Oblast
Khotkovo
Khotkovo
Khotkovo (Moscow Oblast)
Coordinates: 56°15′N 38°00′E / 56.250°N 38.000°E / 56.250; 38.000
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast[1]
Administrative districtSergiyevo-Posadsky District[1]
TownKhotkovo[1]
First mentioned1308
Town status since1949
Elevation
195 m (640 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total21,505
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
21,349 (−0.7%)
 • Capital ofTown of Khotkovo[1]
 • Municipal districtSergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementKhotkovo Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofKhotkovo Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
141370–141372
OKTMO ID46615106001
Websiteadm.khotkovo.ru

Khotkovo (Russian: Хотьково) is a town in Sergiyevo-Posadsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–Yaroslavl railway, 60 kilometers (37 mi) northeast of Moscow and 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) southwest of Sergiyev Posad, the administrative center of the district. Population: 21,505 (2010 Census);[2] 20,957 (2002 Census);[7] 23,343 (1989 Census);[8] 20,000 (1974).

History

It was first attested in 1308.[citation needed] It was granted a town status in 1949.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-nine rural localities, incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky District as the Town of Khotkovo.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Khotkovo is incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District as Khotkovo Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

The town's main industrial enterprises are Electroizolit, an electrical insulation manufacturer; Gorbunoskaya weaving mill; and a carving workshop.

Education

Education facilities include a number of secondary schools, Abramtsevo Art and Industry College, and a music school.

Sights

The town is the site of a monastery, founded by the parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh (picture). The 19th-century artists' community of Abramtsevo is situated within three miles from Khotkovo.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Resolution #123-PG
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Law #60/2005-OZ
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ 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

Media related to Khotkovo at Wikimedia Commons

Administrative divisions of Moscow Oblast
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