Official Name: | Vinny |
Native Name: | Винный |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Astrakhan Oblast#Russia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russia |
Subdivision Name1: | Astrakhan Oblast |
Subdivision Name3: | Volodarsky District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Saule Karabalaeva |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Total: | 756 |
Timezone1: | Astrakhan Time |
Utc Offset1: | +4:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 416174 |
Coordinates: | 46.4667°N 64°W[1] |
Vinny (ru|Винный) is a rural locality (a settlement) Volodarsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia and the seat of the eponymous municipality. It is a majority-minority town primarily inhabited by ethnic Kazakhs.
First mentions of Vinny date back to around 1918.[2]
Vinny is served by a public school, library, community center, post office and a few grocery stores. It is located immediately to the east of the highway connecting the city of Astrakhan with the Kazakhstan–Russia border.
The population was 753 as of 2010.[3]
Ethnicity | Number[4] ! Percentage | - | 473 | 62,6% | - | 224 | 29,6% | - | 5 | 0,7% | - | 4 | 0,5% | - | 3 | 0,4% | - | 3 | 0,4% | - | Not stated | 44 | 5,8% | - | Total | 756 | 100% |
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Vinny is located 29km (18miles) northwest of Volodarsky (the district's administrative centre) by road. Vorobyovsky is the nearest rural locality.[5]