Vyatskiye Polyany

Vyatskie Polyany (Russian Вятские Поляны ) is a town in Kirov Oblast (Russia) with 35 162 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 280 km southeast of the Oblasthauptstadt Kirov at the Vyatka, a right tributary of the Kama.

Vyatskie Polyany is subordinated administratively directly as a city district of oblast and as the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

Already in the mid-16th century existed in place of the present town of the Udmurt village Oschtorma - Bodnja. The Russian village Vyatskie Polyany (Russian for Vyatka clearings ) was founded in 1596 by the Russian Orthodox Rozhdestvensky Monastery, which existed until 1764.

1938, the place the status of an urban-type settlement and 1942 city law.

Station Vyatskie Polyany

Demographics

Note: Census data

Vehicle registration plates of Russia OKATO Vyatka River Kama River Raion Udmurt people Glade (geography) Administrative divisions of Kirov Oblast Slobodskoy, Kirov Oblast Belaya Kholunitsa Yaransk Kirs, Russia Luza, Luzsky District, Kirov Oblast Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast Murashi, Kirov Oblast Nolinsk Omutninsk Orlov, Kirov Oblast Sosnovka, Kirov Oblast Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast Zuyevka, Kirov Oblast Urzhum, Urzhumsky District, Kirov Oblast
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