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Sharya

Town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia


Summary

Town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia

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en_nameSharya
ru_nameШарья
image_skylineSharya Vokzal.jpg
image_captionSharya railway station
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map_label_positiontop
image_coaCoat of Arms of Sharya (Kostroma oblast).png
image_flagFlag of Sharya (Kostroma oblast).png
federal_subjectKostroma Oblast
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adm_city_jurtown of oblast significance of Sharya
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adm_ctr_of1Sharyinsky District
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adm_ctr_of2town of oblast significance of Sharya
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inhabloc_catTown
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urban_okrug_jurSharya Urban Okrug
urban_okrug_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1Sharya Urban Okrug
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mun_admctr_of2Sharyinsky Municipal District
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pop_2010census23681
pop_2010census_ref
established_date1906
current_cat_date1938
postal_codes157500, 157501, 157504, 157505, 157559
dialing_codes49449
websitehttp://adm-sharya.ru/

Sharya () is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vetluga River, 330 km northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast.

Population: 26,000 (1974).

History

It was founded in 1906 and granted town status in 1938.

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

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

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

  • United States Great Falls, Montana, United States

References

Notes

Sources

  • {{Cite Russian law
  • {{Cite Russian law

References

  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  2. Law #112-4-ZKO
  3. Resolution #133-a
  4. The [[Village#Russia. village]] of [[Kostino, Sharya, Kostroma Oblast. 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''.
  5. Law #237-ZKO
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