Yakhroma

Yakhroma (in English) Яхрома (Russian)
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Yakhroma railway station
Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Yakhroma Location of Yakhroma in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 56°17′N 37°28′E / 56.283°N 37.467°E / 56.283; 37.467Coordinates: 56°17′N 37°28′E / 56.283°N 37.467°E / 56.283; 37.467
Coat of arms	Flag
Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast
Administrative district	Dmitrovsky District
Town	Yakhroma
Administrative center of	Town of Yakhroma
Municipal status (as of June 2013)
Municipal district	Dmitrovsky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Yakhroma Urban Settlement
Administrative center of	Yakhroma Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	13,214 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
Founded	1841
Town status since	1940
Postal code(s)	141840
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Yakhroma (Russian: Я́хрома) is a town in Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Yakhroma River, 55 kilometers (34 mi) north of Moscow. Population: 13,214 (2010 Census);13,361 (2002 Census);17,499 (1989 Census).

It was founded in 1841 as a settlement servicing a local textile factory on the Yakroma River. In 1901, a railway station, which later adopted the same name, was built near the settlement on the Moscow (Savyolovsky)–Kimry (Savyolovo) line. The settlement was granted town status in 1940.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with thirty-seven rural localities, incorporated within Dmitrovsky District as the Town of Yakhroma. As a municipal division, the Town of Yakhroma is incorporated within Dmitrovsky Municipal District as Yakhroma Urban Settlement.

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