Golovchino

Golovchino Головчино
Rural locality
The park in Golovchino
Location of Golovchino
Golovchino Location of Golovchino
Coordinates: 50°32′N 35°48′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Belgorod Oblast
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	4,716
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [2])
Postal code(s)[3]	309377
OKTMO ID	14632424101

Golovchino (Russian: Головчино) is a rural locality (a selo) in Grayvoronsky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the banks the Vorskla River (the left tributary of the Dnieper River). Population: 4,716 (2010 Census);[1] 5,288 (2002 Census).[4] The name of the village, Golovchino, is associated with count Gavrila Ivanovich Golovkin (1660-1734), a prominent member of the government of Peter the Great. In 2023 an administrative building caught on fire; officials blamed a quadcopter.[5]

Geography

Golovchino is located at the confluence of the Lozovaya River and the Vorskla River, making it 11 kilometers Northeast of Grayvoron, the administrative center of the Grayvoronsky District, and 55 kilometers west of Belgorod.

Khotmyzhsk Station, a station of South-Eastern railway of Russian Railways, is located within Golovchino. The Belgorod-Okhtyrka highway passes through Goliovchino.

References

1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
2. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
3. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
4. Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
5. "Fire engulfs administrative building in Belgorod Oblast, alleged drone attack reported". Yahoo News. 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-05-22.