Danilov, Yaroslavl Oblast
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Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Danilov (Template:Langx) is a town and the administrative center of Danilovsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Population: Template:Ru-census
History
Danilov was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1592 and was granted town status in 1777.Template:Citation needed
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Danilov serves as the administrative center of Danilovsky District.<ref name="YaroslavlO_admlaw">Law #12-z</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Danilovsky District as the town of district significance of Danilov.<ref name="YaroslavlO_admlaw" /> As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Danilov is incorporated within Danilovsky Municipal District as Danilov Urban Settlement.<ref name="YaroslavlO_mun">Law #65-z</ref>
Economy
There is a cheese producing plant and some other industries.
Transportation
The town stands on the M8 Highway. There is also a major railway station where locomotives are switched from electrification system DC 3 kV to AC 25 kV and vice versa. Railway lines go to Yaroslavl, Vologda, and Buy.