Novokhopyorsk (russian: Новохопёрск) is a
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 ...
and 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
Novokhopyorsky District
Novokhopyorsky District (russian: Новохопёрский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #87-OZ and municipalLaw #68-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area ...
in
Voronezh Oblast
Voronezh Oblast (russian: Воронежская область, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the 2021 Census.
Geography
V ...
,
Russia
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, located on the right bank of the
Khopyor River
The Khopyor (, also transliterated as Khoper) is a river in European Russia, the biggest left tributary of the river Don.[Х ...]
, southeast of
Voronezh
Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...
, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
It was granted town status in 1779.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Novokhopyorsk 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
Novokhopyorsky District
Novokhopyorsky District (russian: Новохопёрский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #87-OZ and municipalLaw #68-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area ...
.
[Law #87-OZ] As an administrative division, it is, together with the
work settlement of
Novokhopyorsky and sixteen
rural localities in Novokhopyorsky District, is incorporated within Novokhopyorsky District as Novokhopyorsk
Urban Settlement
An Urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that is part of an urban area. It is an area with high density of human-created structures.
*Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape town in Western Cape
*Urban settlement, ...
.
As a
municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Novokhopyorsky Municipal District.
[Law #68-OZ]
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Cities and towns in Voronezh Oblast
Novokhopyorsky Uyezd