Toporovo - station (settlement) in the Sandovsky district of the Tver region. The administrative center of Toporovsky rural settlement .
| Station | |
| Toporovo | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Tver region |
| Municipal District | Sandovsky |
| Rural settlement | Toporovskoe |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 203 people ( 2008 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | 171740 |
| OKATO Code | 28249820001 |
| OKTMO Code | |
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Geography
It is located in the eastern part of the district at a distance of 21 kilometers southeast of the district center of Sandovo . Railway station Volkhovstroevsky branch of the October Railway .
To the west of Toporovo passes the highway " Khabotskoye - Molokovo - Sandovo ", access via Bolshoy Ramenye (5 km).
Around the village are the villages of Iskra , Rodionikha and Sosnino .
The population according to the 2002 census is 208 people, 100 men, 108 women.
History
Toporovo station was opened in 1925 with the start of traffic on the Ovinishche-II - Pestovo - Mga line . The name received from the nearby village Toporovo .
In the 1970s and 80s, the eponymous station settlement was formed, a hospital, a dairy, a school and a boiler room were built.
In 1997 - 81 households, 246 residents; the administration of the rural district, the board of the collective farm "Lenin's Testament", an incomplete secondary school, a recreation center, a library, an outpatient clinic, a post office.
Sources
- Cities and regions of the Kalinin region. M., 1978, p. 494-513.
- Atlas of the Tver region. 2007. ISBN 978-5-98522-017-9 .
- Sandovo and Sandovsky district. 75 years of the formation of the district. Graduation of the administration of Sandovsky district. 2004.
- Toporovo in the encyclopedic directory "Tver region" (inaccessible link)