Shumerlya
Шумерля
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • ChuvashÇĕмĕрле
Shumerlya railway station building
Shumerlya railway station building
Flag of Shumerlya
Flag
Coat of arms of Shumerlya
Coat of arms
Location of Shumerlya
Map
Shumerlya is located in Russia
Shumerlya
Shumerlya
Location of Shumerlya
Shumerlya is located in Chuvash Republic
Shumerlya
Shumerlya
Shumerlya (Chuvash Republic)
Coordinates: 55°32′N 46°23′E / 55.533°N 46.383°E / 55.533; 46.383
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChuvashia[1]
Founded1916[2]
Town status since1937[2]
Area
[2]
 • Total13.8 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total31,722
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
29,071 (−8.4%)
 • Density2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toTown of Shumerlya[1]
 • Capital ofTown of Shumerlya,[1] Shumerlinsky District[1]
 • Urban okrugShumerlya Urban Okrug[5]
 • Capital ofShumerlya Urban Okrug,[5] Shumerlinsky Municipal District[5]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
429120, 429122–429125, 429127, 429130, 429139
OKTMO ID97713000001
Websitegov.cap.ru/Default.aspx?gov_id=76

Shumerlya (Russian: Шу́мерля; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле, Śĕmĕrle) is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway. Population: 31,722 (2010 Census);[3] 36,239 (2002 Census);[8] 41,986 (1989 Census);[9] 35,000 (1974).

History

Founded in 1916, it was granted town status in 1937.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlya serves as the administrative center of Shumerlinsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Shumerlya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.[5]

Notable residents

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #28
  2. ^ a b c d "General Information" (in Russian). Chuvash Republic. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  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. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d Law #37
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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).
  9. ^ 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.

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