Medvenka, Kursk Oblast
Urban-type settlement in Kursk Oblast, Russia
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Medvenka (Russian: Медвенка) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Medvensky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,498 (2021 census);[4] 4,398 (2010 census);[1] 4,595 (2002 census);[5] 4,446 (1989 Soviet census).[6]
Medvenka
Медвенка | |
|---|---|
![]() Interactive map of Medvenka | |
| Coordinates: 51.4172°N 36.1194°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kursk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Medvensky District |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,398 |
• Estimate (2021) | 4,498 (+2.3%) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| Postal code[3] | |
| OKTMO ID | 38624151051 |
Geography
The settlement is located on the Medvenka (a.k.a. Medvensky Kolodez) Brook (a left tributary of the Polnaya in the basin of the Seym), 65 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 33 km south of Kursk.[7]
- Streets
There are the following streets in the locality: 1st Maya, Beryozovaya, Cheptsova, pereulok F. Engelsa, Gagarina, pereulok Gazovy, Ivana Kozheduba, K. Marksa, Kirova, Kolkhoznaya, Komsomolskaya, pereulok Kooperativny, pereulok Kutuzova, pereulok Lenina, Lenina, M. Gorkogo, Magistralnaya, Marata, Molodyozhnaya, pereulok Nakhimova, Parkovaya, Pevneva, Ploshchad Geroyev, Polevaya, 2nd Polevaya, Pochtovaya, Proletarskaya, Promyshlennaya, 2nd Promyshlennaya, pereulok Promyshlenny, Raduzhnaya, Sadovaya, pereulok Shkolny, Sovetskaya, Sovkhoznaya, Solnechnaya, pereulok Suvorova, Uspenskaya, pereulok Vatutina, Konstantina Vorobyova, Yuzhnaya, pereulok Zavodskoy and Zelyonaya (1464 houses).[7]
- Climate
Medvenka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
| Climate data for Medvenka | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) |
−3 (27) |
2.9 (37.2) |
13 (55) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.2 (20.8) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20 (68) |
14 (57) |
7.2 (45.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9 (48) |
13 (55) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
3.4 (38.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 51 (2.0) |
44 (1.7) |
47 (1.9) |
49 (1.9) |
62 (2.4) |
69 (2.7) |
73 (2.9) |
55 (2.2) |
57 (2.2) |
57 (2.2) |
46 (1.8) |
49 (1.9) |
659 (25.8) |
| Source: https://en.climate-data.org/asia/russian-federation/kursk-oblast/medvenka-32760/ | |||||||||||||
Transport
Medvenka is located on the federal route M-2 Crimea Highway (a part of the European route E105), on the roads of intermunicipal significance: 38H-185 (M2 "Crimea Highway" – Gakhovo), 38H-223 (M2 "Crimea Highway" – Leninskaya Iskra – Vysokoye), 38H-236 (M2 "Crimea Highway" – Polevaya), 38H-237 (M2 "Crimea Highway" – Polny – 38N-236) and 38H-251 (M2 "Crimea Highway" – Sadovy),[8] 26 km from the nearest railway halt 457 km[9] (railway line Lgov I — Kursk).
The locality is situated 39.5 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 91 km from Belgorod International Airport and 220 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.
