En Name: | Vysokovsk |
Ru Name: | Высоковск |
Coordinates: | 56.3167°N 69°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Vysokovsk (Moscow oblast) (1997).png |
Federal Subject: | Moscow Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Klinsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Vysokovsk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of: | Town of Vysokovsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Klinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Vysokovsk Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Vysokovsk Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 10635 |
Established Date: | 1879 |
Current Cat Date: | 1940 |
Postal Codes: | 141650 |
Vysokovsk (Russian: Высоко́вск) is a town in Klinsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 99km (62miles) northwest of Moscow. Population:
It was founded in 1879 due to the construction of a textile factory by the Vysokovskaya Manufactory Company. Two minor settlements servicing the factory—Vysokoye (Russian: Высо́кое) and Novy Bazar (Russian: Но́вый База́р)—grew into one, named Vysokovsky (Russian: Высоко́вский), in 1928. It was granted town status in 1940 and renamed Vysokovsk.
There are two secondary schools in Vysokovsk.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with seventeen rural localities, incorporated within Klinsky District as the Town of Vysokovsk.[2] As a municipal division, the Town of Vysokovsk is incorporated within Klinsky Municipal District as Vysokovsk Urban Settlement.[3]