En Name: | Vasilyevo |
Ru Name: | Васильево |
Loc Name1: | Васил |
Loc Lang1: | Tatar |
Coordinates: | 55.8333°N 93°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Tatarstan |
Adm District Jur: | Zelenodolsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Zelenodolsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Vasilyevo Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Vasilyevo Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 16953 |
Established Date: | 17th century |
Current Cat Date: | 1928 |
Postal Codes: | 422530 |
Dialing Codes: | 84371 |
Vasilyevo (ru|Васи́льево; tt-Cyrl|Васил) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Zelenodolsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Volga River (Kuybyshev Reservoir), 19km (12miles) east of Zelenodolsk, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 16,953.
It was established in the 17th century and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1928.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Vasilyevo is subordinated to Zelenodolsky District.[2] As a municipal division, Vasilyevo is incorporated within Zelenodolsky Municipal District as Vasilyevo Urban Settlement.[3]
As of 1997, the major industrial enterprises in the settlement were a laboratory glassware and tools plant, a bakery, as well as various construction and timber factories. The settlement serves as a railway station on the Kazan–Kanash line.
Vasilyevo population | |
Bodystyle: | width:23.5em |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 16,953 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 16,846 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 18,776 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 19,638 |
In 1989, the population was ethnically mostly Russian (69.0%), followed by Tatars (26.3%) and Chuvash (1.8%).