Ramon, Russia

Coordinates: 51°55′08″N 39°20′06″E / 51.919°N 39.335°E / 51.919; 39.335

Ramon (Russian: Рамонь) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ramonsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia. Population: 8,354 (2010 Census); 8,039 (2002 Census); 8,729 (1989 Census).

It was first mentioned in 1615. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1938.

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