En Name: | Sursk |
Ru Name: | Сурск |
Coordinates: | 53.0833°N 87°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Federal Subject: | Penza Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Gorodishchensky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Sursk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of: | town of district significance of Sursk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Gorodishchensky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Sursk Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Sursk Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 7034 |
Established Date: | 1860 |
Current Cat Date: | 1953 |
Prev Name1: | Nikolsky Khutor |
Postal Codes: | 442300, 442301 |
Sursk (ru|Сурск) is a town in Gorodishchensky District of Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sura River, 92km (57miles) east of Penza, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was founded c. 1860 as the village of Nikolsky Khutor (Russian: Нико́льский Ху́тор). In 1953, it was granted town status and renamed Sursk (after the Sura River).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated within Gorodishchensky District as the town of district significance of Sursk.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Sursk is incorporated within Gorodishchensky Municipal District as Sursk Urban Settlement.[2]