Kletnya

Kletnya (Russian: Клетня́) is an Urban-type settlement in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Nadva River (Dnieper basin), 99 km west of the city of Bryansk. It's the final railway station (43 km) from the Zhukovka (on the line Bryansk - Smolensk).

Kletnya

Клетня
Town
Aerial view of Kletnya
Coat of arms
Location of Kletnya
Kletnya
Location of Kletnya
Kletnya
Kletnya (Bryansk Oblast)
Coordinates: 53°23′00″N 33°12′00″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBryansk Oblast
18801880
Town status since1935
Population
 • Total13,313
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
12,458 (−6.4%)
 • Municipal districtKletnyansky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementKletnyansky Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofKletnyansky Municipal District, Kletnyansky Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [3])
Postal code(s)[4]
242820
Dialing code(s)+7 48338
OKTMO ID15626151051

History

The town was founded in 1880 in connection with the start of logging areas. originally was called Lyudinka. Since 1918 it was a rural center of Bryansk District, since 1929 the administrative center of the district bearing the same name. In 1935 it was granted an Urban-type settlement status.

During the Great Patriotic War Kletnyanskoy forests were one of the centers of the partisan movement.

On June 28, 2012 the town awarded the honorary title "Settlement of Partisan Glory" by the regional government.

References
  1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
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