Sosnovka (russian: Сосно́вка) 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 ...
in
Vyatskopolyansky District
Vyatskopolyansky District (russian: Вя́тскополя́нский райо́н), sometimes spelled Vyatsko-Polyansky District (), is an administrativeLaw #387-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast ...
of
Kirov Oblast
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Geography
Na ...
,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the
Vyatka River
The Vyatka (; rus, Вя́тка, p=ˈvʲatkə; tt-Cyrl, Нократ, translit=Noqrat; chm, Виче, Viče; udm, Ватка, Vatka) is a river in Kirov Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, a right tributary of the Kama. , south of
Kirov, the
administrative center
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of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
It was first mentioned in 1699. At the beginning of the 20th century, Sosnovka developed as an industrial village with a
sawmill
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and later with a cable rope factory. In 1938, the village was granted
work settlement status, and in 1962—town status.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated within Vyatskopolyansky District as 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 Sosnovka.
[Law #203-ZO] As a
municipal division, the Town of Sosnovka is incorporated within Vyatskopolyansky Municipal District as Sosnovskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #284-ZO]
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Cities and towns in Kirov Oblast