Lyubim ( rus, Люби́м, p=lʲʉˈbʲim) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
and the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Lyubimsky District in
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast (russian: Яросла́вская о́бласть, ''Yaroslavskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostr ...
,
Russia
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, located by the
Obnora River (a
tributary
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of the
Kostroma River
The Kostroma (russian: Кострома́) is a river in the European part of Russia. It flows through the Kostroma and Yaroslavl Oblasts, and becomes a left tributary of the Volga, which it enters at the Gorky Reservoir, at the city of Kostroma ...
). Population:
History
Known since 1546, it was granted town status in 1777.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Lyubim serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Lyubimsky District.
[Law #12-z] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Lyubimsky District as the
town of district significance
Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...
of Lyubim.
As a
municipal division, the town of district significance of Lyubim, together with
Lyubimsky Rural Okrug (which comprises seventeen
rural localities), is incorporated within Lyubimsky Municipal District as Lyubim Urban Settlement.
[Law #65-z]
Economy
Lyubim is home to a railway station and some wood-processing industry.
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Cities and towns in Yaroslavl Oblast
Lyubimsky Uyezd