Sosensky, Kaluga Oblast Explained

En Name:Sosensky
Ru Name:Сосенский
Coordinates:54.05°N 93°W
Map Label Position:left
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Sosensky (Kaluga oblast).png
Federal Subject:Kaluga Oblast
Adm Data As Of:2013
Adm District Jur:Kozelsky District
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Mun Data As Of:October 2013
Mun District Jur:Kozelsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Sosensky Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of:Sosensky Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:12392
Established Date:April 1952
Current Cat Date:1991
Postal Codes:249710, 249711
Website:http://sosensky-adm.ru/
Commonscat:Sosensky

Sosensky (Russian: Сосенский) is a town in Kozelsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located in the southeast of the oblast, 90km (60miles) southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast, and 10km (10miles) from Kozelsk, the administrative center of the district. Population:

History

It was founded in April 1952 as the coal-mining settlement of Tsentralny Kozelskogo stroyupravleniya (Russian: Центра́льный Козе́льского стройуправле́ния). On January 27, 1954, it was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Leninsky (Russian: Ле́нинский); however, for an unknown reason it was renamed Shepelevsky (Russian: Шепелевский) on April 5, 1954, and finally Sosensky on April 10, 1954.[1] It was granted town status in 1991.[1]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sosensky is subordinated to Kozelsky District. As a municipal division, the town of Sosensky, together with three rural localities in Kozelsky District, is incorporated within Kozelsky Municipal District as Sosensky Urban Settlement.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Information. russian. January 5, 2018.
  2. Law #7-OZ