En Name: | Nizhny Lomov |
Ru Name: | Нижний Ломов |
Coordinates: | 53.5167°N 83°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Nizhny Lomov (Penza oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Penza Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Nizhnelomovsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Nizhny Lomov |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Nizhnelomovsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Nizhny Lomov |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Nizhnelomovsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Nizhny Lomov Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Nizhnelomovsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Nikolsk Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 22678 |
Established Date: | 1636 |
Current Cat Date: | 1780 |
Postal Codes: | 442150–442153, 442169 |
Website: | http://gnlomov.nlomov.pnzreg.ru/ |
Nizhny Lomov (Russian: Ни́жний Ломо́в) is a town and the administrative center of Nizhnelomovsky District in Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the Lomov River (Oka's basin), on the M5 Highway 109km (68miles) northwest of Penza, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was founded as an outpost in 1636 as part of the Belgorod Line defense system.[1] It was later known as Lomovskaya sloboda, Lomovsky posad, and the village of Nizhny Lomov. Town status was granted to it in 1780.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nizhny Lomov serves as the administrative center of Nizhnelomovsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Nizhnelomovsky District as the town of district significance of Nizhny Lomov. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Nizhny Lomov is incorporated within Nizhnelomovsky Municipal District as Nizhny Lomov Urban Settlement.[3]