Kolvitsa

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 river Kolvitsa near its confluence with Kolvitskaya Bay of Kandalaksha Gulf, White Sea.

Kolvitsa

Колвица
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
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast[1]
Administrative districtKandalakshskiy District[1]
Population
  Total9
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK [3])
Postal code(s)[4]
184015
Dialing code(s)+7 81533[5]
OKTMO ID47608101111

Municipally, the village is a part of Kandalaksha Urban Settlement in Kandalaksha Municipal District.

Postal code: 184015.

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

  1. OKATO, Part 2. Code 47 408 000 014
  2. 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.
  3. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. Russian Post. Эталонный справочник индексов объектов почтовой связи (in Russian)
  5. Народная энциклопедия городов и регионов России «Мой Город» (in Russian)


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