Sharya

Sharya
Шарья
Sharya railway station
Sharya railway station
Flag of Sharya
Coat of arms of Sharya
Interactive map of Sharya
Sharya is located in Russia
Sharya
Sharya
Location of Sharya
Sharya is located in Kostroma Oblast
Sharya
Sharya
Sharya (Kostroma Oblast)
Coordinates: 58°22′N 45°30′E / 58.367°N 45.500°E / 58.367; 45.500
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKostroma Oblast
Founded1906
Town status since1938
Elevation
110 m (360 ft)
Population
 • Total
23,681
 • Estimate 
(2025)
19,869 (−16.1%)
 • Subordinated totown of oblast significance of Sharya
 • Capital ofSharyinsky District, town of oblast significance of Sharya
 • Urban okrugSharya Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofSharya Urban Okrug, Sharyinsky Municipal District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal codes
157500, 157501, 157504, 157505, 157559
Dialing code+7 49449
OKTMO ID34730000001
Websiteadm-sharya.ru

Sharya (Russian: Шарья́) is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vetluga River, 330 kilometers (210 mi) northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast.

Population: 20,439 (2021 census); 23,681 (2010 census); 24,900 (2002 census); 27,062 (1989 Soviet census); 26,000 (1974).

History

It was founded in 1906 and granted town status in 1938.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sharya serves as the administrative center of Sharyinsky District, despite not being part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the urban-type settlement of Vetluzhsky and three rural localities, incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Sharya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Sharya is incorporated as Sharya Urban Okrug.

Twin towns and sister cities

Sharya has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International (SCI):

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #112-4-ZKO
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Law #237-ZKO
  4. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  7. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Resolution #133-a
  10. ↑ The village of Kostino under the administrative jurisdiction of Sharya was abolished by Resolution #586 of October 6, 2004. This Resolution was abrogated by Resolution #359 of August 17, 2007; however, the village had not been reinstated, nor is it included into the Registry of Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast.

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