Gorodishche, Gorodishchensky District, Penza Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Gorodishche.

Gorodishche (Russian: Городи́ще) is a town and the administrative center of Gorodishchensky District in Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the Yulovka River (Sura's tributary) 48 kilometers (30 mi) east of Penza, the administrative center of the oblast. The 2010 census found it had a population of 8096.

Gorodishche Городище
Town[1]
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Location of Gorodishche
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Coordinates: 53°17′N 45°42′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Penza Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Gorodishchensky District[1]
Town of district significance	Gorodishche[1]
Founded	1681[2]
Town status since	1780[2]
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	8,096
Administrative status
• Capital of	Gorodishchensky District,[1] town of district significance of Gorodishche[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Gorodishchensky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Gorodishche Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Gorodishchensky Municipal District,[5] Gorodishche Urban Settlement[6]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
Postal code(s)[8]	442310
OKTMO ID	56618101001

History

It was founded in 1681 as a fortress; town status was granted to it in 1780.^[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gorodishche serves as the administrative center of Gorodishchensky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Gorodishchensky District as the town of district significance of Gorodishche.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Gorodishche is incorporated within Gorodishchensky Municipal District as Gorodishche Urban Settlement.^[4]

Notable residents

• Ivan Smirnov (1881–1936), Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician and Communist Party functionary