Zherdevka (russian: Же́рдевка) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
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, L ...
of
Zherdevsky District
Zherdevsky District (russian: Же́рдевский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The district bor ...
in
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994.
Ge ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Savala River
The Savala (russian: Савала) is a river in the Tambov and Voronezh oblasts of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Khopyor (a tributary of the Don).Khopyor
The Khopyor (, also transliterated as Khoper) is a river in European Russia, the biggest left tributary of the river Don.[ ...]
's
tributary
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), south of
Tambov
Tambov (, ; rus, Тамбов, p=tɐmˈbof) is a city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenets Rivers, about south-southeast of Moscow. Population: 280,161 ( 2010 Census); 293 ...
, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
It was founded in 1954 after the merger of Zherdevka railway station (opened in 1869), a settlement near a
sugar factory (built in 1937), and a settlement of
Chibizovka. The name of the town derives from a nearby village of Zherdevka, located away from it.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Zherdevka 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, L ...
of
Zherdevsky District
Zherdevsky District (russian: Же́рдевский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The district bor ...
.
[Law #72-Z] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Zherdevsky 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 Zherdevka.
As a
municipal division, the town of district significance of Zherdevka is incorporated within Zherdevsky Municipal District as Zherdevka Urban Settlement.
[Law #232-Z]
Military
The town was home to
Zherdevka air base.
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External links
Official website of ZherdevkaZherdevka Business Directory
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Cities and towns in Tambov Oblast