Melenki (russian: Ме́ленки) is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
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of
Melenkovsky District
Melenkovsky District (russian: Меленко́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #57-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area ...
in
Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir Oblast (russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, ''Vladimirskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its closest border 66 Meter, km east of central Moscow, the administrative cen ...
,
Russia
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, located in the
Meshchera Lowlands
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on the banks of the
Unzha
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Vladimir
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* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
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, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
Melenki was founded in the 17th century and was granted town status in 1778.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Melenki serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Melenkovsky District
Melenkovsky District (russian: Меленко́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #57-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area ...
,
to which it is directly subordinated.
[Resolution #433] As a
municipal division, the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Melenki is incorporated within Melenkovsky Municipal District as Melenki Urban Settlement.
[Law #57-OZ]
References
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Cities and towns in Vladimir Oblast
Melenkovsky Uyezd