Chaplygin, Lipetsk Oblast

Chaplygin
Чаплыгин
Holy Trinity Church
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Chaplygin
Location of Chaplygin
Chaplygin
Chaplygin (Lipetsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 53°14′N 39°58′E / 53.233°N 39.967°E / 53.233; 39.967
CountryRussia
Federal subjectLipetsk Oblast
Administrative districtChaplyginsky District
Town under district jurisdictionSelsovietChaplygin
FoundedFirst half of
the 17th century
Town status since1778
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Population
 • Total
12,656
 • Estimate 
(2021)
11,579 (−8.5%)
 • Capital ofChaplyginsky District, Chaplygin Town Under District Jurisdiction
 • Municipal districtChaplyginsky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementChaplygin Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofChaplyginsky Municipal District, Chaplygin Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal codes
399900, 399902, 399903, 399959
OKTMO ID42656101001

Chaplygin (Russian: Чаплы́гин) is a town and the administrative center of Chaplyginsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Stanovaya Ryasa and Yagodnaya Ryasa Rivers, 85 kilometers (53 mi) north of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,579 (2021 census); 12,656 (2010 census); 13,656 (2002 census); 14,343 (1989 Soviet census).