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Shimsk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Shimsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Shimskoye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. It is located on a highway connecting Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, southwest of Veliky Novgorod. Shimsk lies on Shelon River, approximately upstream from the point where it drains into Lake Ilmen. Population:

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Russian urban type settlement.en_name
Shimsk
Russian urban type settlement.ru_name
Шимск
Russian urban type settlement.image_skyline
Shimsk from bridge.JPG
Russian urban type settlement.image_caption
Panorama from the bridge
Russian urban type settlement.map_label_position
top
Russian urban type settlement.federal_subject
Novgorod Oblast
Russian urban type settlement.adm_district_jur
Shimsky District
Russian urban type settlement.adm_ctr_of
Shimsky District
Russian urban type settlement.inhabloc_cat
Urban-type settlement
Russian urban type settlement.inhabloc_type
Work settlement
Russian urban type settlement.mun_district_jur
Shimsky Municipal District
Russian urban type settlement.urban_settlement_jur
Shimskoye Urban Settlement
Russian urban type settlement.mun_admctr_of
Shimsky Municipal District, Shimskoye Urban Settlement
Russian urban type settlement.pop_2010census
3895

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Population
3349
Official website
рпшимск.рф
Image
Poliklinika Shimsk.JPG
Dialing code
816 - 56
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Commons category
Shimsk
postal code
174150
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Shimsk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Shimsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Shimskoye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. It is located on a highway connecting Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, southwest of Veliky Novgorod. Shimsk lies on Shelon River, approximately upstream from the point where it drains into Lake Ilmen. Population:

A number of mineral water sources, notably the ones near the village of Uspolon, are located nearby.

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