Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement

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Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement
Большеколпанское сельское поселение
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Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement
Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement within Leningrad Oblast (Leningrad Province)
Coordinates: 59°31′30″N30°04′00″E / 59.52500°N 30.06667°E / 59.52500; 30.06667
CountryRussia
Province (Oblast)Leningrad
Municipal DistrictGatchina
Created as (Soviet) village council1973
Reconstituted as parish1994
Reconstituted as rural settlementJanuary 1, 2006
Administrative centerGreat Kolpany
Area
 • Total157 km2 (61 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total9,782
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone Moscow Time (UTC+03:00)
Website kolpany.gatchina.ru

Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement is a rural settlement in Gatchina Municipal District of the Leningrad Oblast (Leningrad Province) in northern Russia. The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement contains 16 villages. [note 1] The administrative center is the village of Bolshiye Kolpany (Great Kolpany).

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Geography

The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement is near the center of the Gatchina District, bordered on the north by the Pudostskim Rural Settlement, on the north-east by the Novyi Svet Rural Settlement and the City of Gatchina, on the east by the Kobrin Rural Settlement, on the south by the Roždestvenskoe Rural Settlement, on the south-west by Volosovsky Municipal District, on the west by the Elizavetinskoe Rural Settlement, and on the north-west by the Voyskovitskim Rural Settlement.

The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement covers 157 square kilometres (61 sq mi). From Great Kolpany to the Gatchina District center is 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi). The following highways run through the Settlement:

Geology

The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement is located on the Izhora Plateau, thus there are very few ponds or lakes in its area. The largest ponds are artificial ones which have resulted from the infilling of stone quarries in Paritsa and Bornitskaya. The Rural Settlement includes the headwaters of Sivoritsky Creek, which joins the Suyda River at the village of Paritsa.

The presence on the plateau of limestone and dolomite, creating a karst landscape, has led to the formation of large karst caves. These caves, which are sealed off from the atmosphere, were used beginning in Soviet times for the storage of natural gas reserves.

History

The area of the Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement was part of the heartland of Ingria, home of the pre-Russian Izhorians and Votes, peoples who are now on the brink of extinction.

In 1973, under the Soviet Union, the Bolshekolpanskoe Village Council was formed as part of the Gatchina District (Gatchina Raion).

On January 18, 1994, by Order Number 10 ("On Changes in the Administrative-Territorial Districts of the Leningrad Region") of the Leningrad Region (Leningrad Oblast), the Bolshekolpanskoe Village Council was redesignated as Bolshekolpanskoe Parish (the other village councils in the District were likewise redesignated by this order).

On January 1, 2006, in accordance with Regional Law Number 133–OZ of December 16, 2004, [1] Bolshekolpanskoe Parish was redesignated as Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement.

Population

Year2006201020112012201320142015
Population90009327 Flecha verde.png 9333 Flecha verde.png 9405 Flecha verde.png 9567 Flecha verde.png 9657 Flecha verde.png 9782 Flecha verde.png
Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement

Economy

The Bolshekolpanskoe Rural Settlement contains 85 industrial or service enterprises (as of 2015), the largest being the Gatchina Company, which owns more than a third of the Settlement (57.28 square kilometres (22.12 sq mi)) and which is mainly engaged in agricultural production – dairy farming, potatoes, vegetables. The Gatchina Feed Mill, in the village of Malye Kolpany (Lesser Kolpany), is one of Russia's largest producers of animal feed.

The caverns in the karst continue to be used to store natural gas. There are also active dolomite quarries. The Settlement also contains various small businesses, engaged in pursuits such as trade, personal services, repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, and so forth. The Sivoritsy Airfield is located in the village of Nikolskoye.

Constituent communities

NumberLocalityType of localityPopulation (2012)
1Bolshiye KolpanyVillage, administrative center4,095
2VakkolovoVillage32
3VopshaVillage156
4KorpisalovoVillage122
5LyadinoVillage61
6Malye KolpanyVillage462
7NikolskoyeVillage (Selo)2,882
8New KolenoVillage31
9New HinkolovoVillage20
10New ChernitsovVillage46
11ParitsaVillage243
12RotkovoVillage39
13Old HinkolovoVillage25
14Old ChernitsovVillage29
15TihkovitsyVillage241
16HimoziVillage425

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References

  1. ↑ Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast (December 16, 2004). "Областной закон Ленинградской области от 16.12.2004 N 113-оз – Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования Гатчинский муниципальный район и муниципальных образований в его составе" [Regional Law of Leningrad region from 16.12.2004 N 113-OZ - On Establishing the Borders and Granting an Appropriate Status to Gatchina Municipal District and its Constituent Municipalities]. Bestpravo.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.(in Russian)

Notes

  1. ↑ Actually the village of Nikolskoye is a selo (Russian: село), the others are villages (Russian: деревня); both terms translate to "village", the traditional difference being that selos have a church. The village of Great Kolpany, with a population over 4,000 (2012) would usually be called a "town" in most of the English-speaking world, but Russian does not distinguish between cities and towns (both are called "gorod" (Russian: город)) and criteria for town/city status is higher (12,000 inhabitants, usually).
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