En Name: | Volgorechensk |
Ru Name: | Волгореченск |
Coordinates: | 57.4439°N 41.1592°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Volgorechensk (Kostroma oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Kostroma Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | town of oblast significance of Volgorechensk |
Adm Ctr Of: | town of oblast significance of Volgorechensk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Volgorechensk Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Volgorechensk Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 17104 |
Established Date: | 1964 |
Current Cat Date: | 2005 |
Postal Codes: | 156901 |
Dialing Codes: | 49453 |
Website: | http://www.go-volgorechensk.ru/ |
Volgorechensk (Russian: Волгоре́ченск) is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, on the right bank of the Volga River, 40km (30miles) south of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
The town was founded in 1964 as a settlement for the employees of the Kostroma Power Station. It was granted town status in 1994, and in 2005 the status of a city district.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities,[2] incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Volgorechensk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[3] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Volgorechensk is incorporated as Volgorechensk Urban Okrug.[4]