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Detailed map of the Kirov region with districts and villages

One of the most famous regions located on the territory of Russia is the Kirov region. Its population is over one and a half million people. The city of Kirov is the administrative center. The region belongs to the economic Volga-Vyatka region. It is part of the Volga Federal District. A detailed map of the Kirov region with districts and villages reflects all the information about the region.

It borders on the Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Arkhangelsk, Kostroma regions, the Republic of Tatarstan, Komi and Mari El. On its eastern side is the border of Udmurtia and the Perm Territory. It was formed around the middle of the last century.

This ecologically clean place is located in the Non-Chernozem zone of the country. It extends for miles in all directions. It occupies an area equal to 130,000 kilometers. From the capital of the Russian Federation, the distance is about a thousand kilometers. A map of the Kirov region with districts will help measure the distance to other cities in Russia.

The climate in this beautiful place is temperate continental. In winter there are severe frosts, it snows. It is cool in summer, sometimes there are frosts on the soil.

The Kirov region is located in the central-eastern part of European Russia. The map of the Kirov region shows that the region borders on the Nizhny Novgorod, Arkhangelsk, Kostroma and Vologda regions, the Republics of Komi, Mari El, Udmurtia and Tatarstan, as well as the Perm Territory. The area of ​​the region is 120,374 sq. km.

The Kirov region is extremely rich in forests, peat, furs and phosphorites. The main sectors of the region's economy are metalworking, mechanical engineering, metallurgy, pulp-and-paper and woodworking industries.

The region is divided into 39 municipal districts, 273 villages, 53 urban settlements and 6 urban districts. The largest cities of the Kirov region are Kirov (administrative center), Kirovo-Chepetsk, Slobodskoy, Kotelnich and Vyatskiye Polyany.

History reference

In 1920, the territory of the modern Kirov region was part of the Vyatka province. In 1929, the territory became part of the Nizhny Novgorod region, and then the Nizhny Novgorod region. In 1934, the Kirov Territory was formed, which in 1936 was transformed into the Kirov Region.

must visit

On a detailed map of the Kirov region from a satellite, you can see a number of cities in which the main attractions of the region are located: Kirov, Slobodskoy and Kotelnich.

It is recommended to visit the Church of Seraphim of Sarov, Assumption Trifonov Monastery and the Alexander Garden in Kirov; Catherine's Cathedral, Nikolskaya Church, the bell tower of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior and the Archangel Michael Gate Chapel in Slobodskoye; Velikoretsky castle in the village of Velikoretskoye; places associated with the artist Vasnetsov in the village of Ryabovo, as well as pareiasaurs - the remains of prehistoric pangolins - in Kotelnich.

Fans of eco-tourism will be interested in the Bylina, Bushkovsky Forest and Pizhemsky nature reserves, the Nurgush nature reserve and the Atarskaya Luka national park, Lezhninskoye and Shaitan lakes.

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Car roads

The satellite map of the Kirov region shows that the region's road network is quite extensive, but it is relatively poorly developed. Federal highways include only the Kirov section of the Vyatka highway and, more recently, the P243 highway. Finding these highways in the Kirov region on the map of Russia is easy. Federal roads:

• - 380-kilometer section of the 870-kilometer federal highway "Vyatka" (P176), running from Cheboksary to Syktyvkar through the capital of the Republic of Mari El and Kirov;
• - 880-kilometer federal highway P243: a highway running from Kostroma to Perm via Sharya and Kirov.

Highways of local, intermunicipal and regional significance:

• - more than 11,000 kilometers of local roads, most of which (84%) do not meet regulatory requirements;
• - slightly more than 3,000 kilometers of inter-municipal and regional roads, most of which (73.5%) do not meet regulatory requirements;
• - Separately, it is worth mentioning the Kirov-Arkhangelsk regional highway under construction, which will connect the administrative center of the Kirov region with Kotlas and Arkhangelsk of the neighboring Arkhangelsk region.

Railways

The main passenger route of the Trans-Siberian Railway passes through the region, as well as the railway connection between Central Russia and the northern regions of the country - the Kirov-Kotlas line (Arkhangelsk region). The total length of the railway tracks of the subject: over 1000 kilometers. Also in the region there is an industrial network of narrow-gauge roads serving peat extraction facilities.

Map of the Kirov region with settlements and cities

On the map of the Kirov region with districts in the region, 45 administrative-territorial units can be counted, including 5 cities, ZATO Pervomaisky and 39 districts. The number of inhabitants of the administrative center exceeds 500 thousand people. The population of the other four cities of regional significance varies between 24,000 and 73,000 people.