Dubrovka, Dubrovsky Settlement Administrative Okrug, Dubrovsky District, Bryansk Oblast

Dubrovka Дубровка
Town
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Location of Dubrovka
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Coordinates: 53°41′29″N 33°30′42″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Bryansk Oblast
Founded	1868
Town status since	2012
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	8,015
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Dubrovsky Municipal District
• Urban settlement	Dubrovsky Urban Settlement
• Capital of	Dubrovsky Municipal District, Dubrovsky Urban Settlement
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [2])
Postal code(s)[3]	242750
Dialing code(s)	+7 48332
OKTMO ID	15612151051

Dubrovka (Russian: Ду́бровка) is a settlement in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 6,793 (2021 Census).^[4]

The town is located on Sesche on the river, a tributary of the Desna River. Railway station is located on the Bryansk-Smolensk line, 81 kilometers north-west of Bryansk.

History

The settlement was founded in 1868 in connection with the construction of the Oryol-Vitebsk railroad (the station was named after a nearby village). In the 1880s there were industries including distillery, sawmill, mills, churns. In 1912, twine factory was built.

In 1929 it became the district center and in 1931 it was granted an urban-type settlement status.

In 2012 its status was demoted to 'settlement'.

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. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
3. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
4. Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.