Shimsk
Sign in to saveShimsk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Shimsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Shimskoye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. It is located on a highway connecting Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, southwest of Veliky Novgorod. Shimsk lies on Shelon River, approximately upstream from the point where it drains into Lake Ilmen. Population:
Key facts
- Russian urban type settlement.en_name
- Shimsk
- Russian urban type settlement.ru_name
- Шимск
- Russian urban type settlement.image_skyline
- Shimsk from bridge.JPG
- Russian urban type settlement.image_caption
- Panorama from the bridge
- Russian urban type settlement.map_label_position
- top
- Russian urban type settlement.federal_subject
- Novgorod Oblast
- Russian urban type settlement.adm_district_jur
- Shimsky District
- Russian urban type settlement.adm_ctr_of
- Shimsky District
- Russian urban type settlement.inhabloc_cat
- Urban-type settlement
- Russian urban type settlement.inhabloc_type
- Work settlement
- Russian urban type settlement.mun_district_jur
- Shimsky Municipal District
- Russian urban type settlement.urban_settlement_jur
- Shimskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian urban type settlement.mun_admctr_of
- Shimsky Municipal District, Shimskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian urban type settlement.pop_2010census
- 3895
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Shimsk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Shimsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Shimskoye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. It is located on a highway connecting Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, southwest of Veliky Novgorod. Shimsk lies on Shelon River, approximately upstream from the point where it drains into Lake Ilmen. Population:
A number of mineral water sources, notably the ones near the village of Uspolon, are located nearby.
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