Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Smolensk Oblast
- Administrative district
- Demidovsky District
- Urban settlement selsoviet
- Demidovskoye
- Total
- 78.92 km (30.47 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 160 m (520 ft)
- Estimate 2024
- 6,261 ( −68.3% )
- Density
- 250.1/km (647.8/sq mi)
- Capital of
- Demidovsky District, Demidovskoye Urban Settlement
- Municipal district
- Demidovsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Demidovskoye Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Postal codes
- 216240, 216279
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Демидов
- Country
- Russia
- Population
- 6261
- Elevation
- 160
- Image
- Успенский собор.jpg
- Dialing code
- 48147
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- time of earliest written record
- 1499-00-00
- Commons category
- Demidov (town)
- postal code
- 216240
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
Demidov (Russian: Деми́дов) is a town and the administrative center of Demidovsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kasplya River at its confluence with the Gobza River. Population: 7,333 (2010 census); 8,786 (2002 census); 10,198 (1989 Soviet census). It was previously known as Porechye (until 1918).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Demidov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.