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Serafimovich (town)

Town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia

Serafimovich (town)
Summary

Town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia

FieldValue
en_nameSerafimovich
ru_nameСерафимович
image_skylineВид на Серафимович с моста через Дон.jpg
image_captionView of Serafimovich from the bridge across the Don River
coordinates
map_label_positionright
image_flagFlag_of_Serafimovich_(Volgograd_oblast).png
federal_subjectVolgograd Oblast
federal_subject_ref
adm_district_jurSerafimovichsky District
adm_district_jur_ref
adm_selsoviet_jurSerafimovich
adm_selsoviet_typeTown of district significance
adm_selsoviet_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of1Serafimovichsky District
adm_ctr_of1_ref
adm_ctr_of2town of district significance of Serafimovich
adm_ctr_of2_ref
inhabloc_catTown
inhabloc_cat_ref
mun_district_jurSerafimovichsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jurSerafimovich Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1Serafimovichsky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2Serafimovich Urban Settlement
mun_admctr_of2_ref
pop_2010census9368
pop_2010census_ref
established_date1589
current_cat_date1933

Serafimovich () is a town and the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the River Don, 160 km northwest of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

History

It was founded in 1589 as the stanitsa of Ust-Medveditskaya (Усть-Медведицкая). In 1933, it was granted town status and renamed Serafimovich after the writer Alexander Serafimovich, who was born and lived here.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Serafimovich serves as the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Serafimovichsky District as the town of district significance of Serafimovich. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Serafimovich is incorporated within Serafimovichsky Municipal District as Serafimovich Urban Settlement.

References

Voskresenskaya Church in Serafimovich

Notes

Sources

References

  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  2. {{OKATO reference. 18 250
  3. {{OKATO reference. 18 250 501
  4. Law #979-OD
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