Shumerlya

Shumerlya Шумерля
Town
Other transcription(s)
• Chuvash	Ҫӗмӗрле
Shumerlya railway station building
Flag Coat of arms
Interactive map of Shumerlya
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Coordinates: 55°32′N 46°23′E / 55.533°N 46.383°E / 55.533; 46.383
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chuvashia
Founded	1916
Town status since	1937
Area
• Total	13.8 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (330 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Total	31,722
• Estimate  (2021)	26,873 (−15.3%)
• Density	2,300/km2 (5,950/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Town of Shumerlya
• Capital of	Town of Shumerlya, Shumerlinsky District
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Shumerlya Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Shumerlya Urban Okrug, Shumerlinsky Municipal District
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal codes	429120, 429122–429125, 429127, 429130, 429139
OKTMO ID	97713000001
Website	gov.cap.ru/Default.aspx?gov_id=76

Shumerlya (Russian: Шу́мерля; Chuvash: Ҫӗмӗрле, 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); 36,239 (2002 census); 41,986 (1989 Soviet census); 35,000 (1974).

History

Founded in 1916, it was granted town status in 1937.

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. 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. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.

Notable residents

• Serhiy Bashkyrov (born 1959), Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach