Kolvitsa (Russian: Ко́лвица) is a village (selo) in the administrative jurisdiction of the town of Kandalaksha in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic circle, on the Kolvitsa river near its confluence with Kolvitskaya Bay of Kandalaksha Gulf, White Sea.
Kolvitsa
Колвица | |
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 View of Kolvitsa. The river Kolvitsa is in the foreground; Kolvitskaya Bay of the White Sea is in the background | |
Location of Kolvitsa  | |
  Kolvitsa Location of Kolvitsa  Kolvitsa Kolvitsa (Murmansk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 67°5′0″N 32°59′0″E / 67.08333°N 32.98333°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Kandalakshskiy District[1] |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [3]) |
| Postal code(s)[4] | 184015 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81533[5] |
| OKTMO ID | 47608101111 |
Municipally, the village is a part of Kandalaksha Urban Settlement in Kandalaksha Municipal District.
The first written mention of Kolvitsa dates back to 1563, when Mitrofan Kukin, a resident of Kandalaksha, donated his lands (including Kolvitsa) to Kandalaksha Monastery.
References edit
- ^ a b c d OKATO, Part 2. Code 47 408 000 014
- ^ Статистический сборник Численность, размещение и возрастно-половой состав населения Мурманской области. Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения. Том 1. 2012 / Федеральная служба государственной статистики, Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Мурманской области. Мурманск, 2012 — 75 с.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Russian Post. Эталонный справочник индексов объектов почтовой связи (in Russian)
- ^ Народная энциклопедия городов и регионов России «Мой Город» (in Russian)
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