Kolvitsa Explained

En Name:Kolvitsa
Ru Name:Колвица
Map Label Position:right
Coordinates:67.0833°N 32.9833°W
Federal Subject:Murmansk Oblast
Federal Subject Ref:[1]
Adm District Jur:Kandalakshskiy District
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Pop 2010Census:9
Pop 2010Census Ref:[2]
Established Title:Founded
Postal Codes:184015
Postal Codes Ref:[3]
Dialing Codes:81533
Dialing Codes Ref:[4]

Kolvitsa (Russian: Ко́лвица) is a village (selo) in the administrative jurisdiction of the town of Kandalaksha in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, on the Kolvitsa river near its confluence with Kolvitskaya Bay of Kandalaksha Gulf, White Sea.

Municipally, the village is a part of Kandalaksha Urban Settlement in Kandalaksha Municipal District.

The first written mention of Kolvitsa dates back to 1563, when Mitrofan Kukin, a resident of Kandalaksha, donated his lands (including Kolvitsa) to Kandalaksha Monastery.

References

  1. [OKATO]
  2. Статистический сборник Численность, размещение и возрастно-половой состав населения Мурманской области. Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения. Том 1. 2012 / Федеральная служба государственной статистики, Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Мурманской области. Мурманск, 2012 — 75 с.
  3. [Russian Post]
  4. http://www.mojgorod.ru/murmansk_obl/ Народная энциклопедия городов и регионов России «Мой Город»