Nizhniye Vyazovye (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Zelenodolsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River (Kuybyshev Reservoir), west of Zelenodolsk, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,048.
History It was founded no later than the first half of the 17th century and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1957.Inhabited Localities of the Republic of Tatarstan, p. 141
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Nizhniye Vyazovye is subordinated to Zelenodolsky District.Order #01-02/9 As a municipal division, Nizhniye Vyazovye, together with eleven rural localities, is incorporated within Zelenodolsky Municipal District as Nizhniye Vyazovye Urban Settlement.Law #24-ZRT
Economy and infrastructure As of 1997, two major industrial enterprises in the settlement were a fur factory and a meat combine. The settlement serves as a railway station on the Moscow–Kazan line.
Demographics
In 1989, the population was ethnically mostly Russian (78.5%), followed by Tatars (14.5%), Chuvash (2.1%), and Ukrainians (1.0%).
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