Melenki () is a
town
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and the
administrative center
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of
Melenkovsky District
Melenkovsky District () 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 of the district is . Its administrative center ...
in
Vladimir Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located in the
Meshchera Lowlands on the banks of the
Unzha, southeast of
Vladimir, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
Melenki was granted town status in 1778.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Melenki serves as the
administrative center
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of
Melenkovsky District
Melenkovsky District () 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 of the district is . Its administrative center ...
,
to which it is directly subordinated.
[Resolution #433] As a
municipal division, the
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
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of Melenki is incorporated within Melenkovsky Municipal District as Melenki Urban Settlement.
[Law #57-OZ]
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Cities and towns in Vladimir Oblast
Melenkovsky Uyezd