{{Short description|Town in Tula Oblast, Russia}} {{Other places|Shchekino (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Shchekino |ru_name=Щёкино |image_skyline=Shchyokino IMG 4522 1280.jpg |image_caption=In Shchekino |coordinates = {{coord|54|00|N|37|31|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Schyokino (Tula oblast).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Schyekino (Tula oblast).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=[[Tula Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_district_jur=[[Shchyokinsky District]] |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Shchekino |adm_selsoviet_type=[[Town of district significance|Town under district jurisdiction]] |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="Note" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Shchyokinsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_ctr_of2=Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="Note" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> <!----MUNICIPAL STATUS----> |mun_district_jur=Shchyokinsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaOShchyokinskyD_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Shchekino Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaOShchyokinskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Shchyokinsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="TulaOShchyokinskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Shchekino Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OKTMO">{{OKTMO reference|70 648 101}}</ref> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=58139 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=1871 |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1938 |current_cat_date_ref= |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=301240, 301241, 301243–301249, 301259 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Shchekino''' ({{langx|ru|Щёкино}}), also romanized '''Shchyokino''', is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Shchyokinsky District]] in [[Tula Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Moscow]]—[[Simferopol]] highway ([[M2 highway (Russia)|M2]]), {{convert|25|km|sp=us}} south of [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], the administrative center of the [[oblast]]. Population: {{ru-census2010|58,139|;}} {{ru-census2002|61,588|;}} {{su-census1989|69,251|;}} 72,000 (1977).
==History== It was founded in 1871 in connection with the development of [[lignite|brown coal]] deposits and soon supplanted [[Krapivna, Tula Oblast|Krapivna]] as the main settlement in the district.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} It was granted town status in 1938.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Shchekino serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Shchyokinsky District]].<ref name="TulaO_admlaw">Law #954-ZTO</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchyokinsky District as '''Shchekino [[Town of district significance|Town Under District Jurisdiction]]'''.<ref name="Note">Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast and does not include Shchekino in the list of [[city of federal subject significance|towns under oblast jurisdiction]].</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Shchyokinsky Municipal District as '''Shchekino Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="TulaOShchyokinskyD_mun">Law #552-ZTO</ref>
==Notable people== *[[Daria Abramova]] (born 1990) amateur boxer ([[2019 European Games]] featherweight women's bronze medalist)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/box-am/885197M|title=BoxRec: Daria Abramova}}</ref>
==References== [[File:Shchyokino-Railway-Station.jpg|thumb|Shchekino railway station]]
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===Notes=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|mun|list|shchyokinsky}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Tula Oblast]] [[Category:Shchyokinsky District]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1870]] [[Category:Former urban-type settlements of Tula Oblast]]