1,206-CITY ATLASSOURCE-BACKED CITY REFERENCE
Russia
Compare this sourced profile of Saratov, Russia before planning. Stable fields identify the place; confirm current transport, access and opening details with official sources.
01What the data says — and does not say
This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Saratov—844,858, Europe/Saratov, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.
Wikidata's localized description: city in Saratov Oblast, Russia.
02This city's dataset fingerprint
The source row behind Saratov is GeoNames ID 498677. Its recorded administrative path is Saratovskiy Rayon → Saratov Oblast → Russia, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Saratov occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-04-14; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Saratov ranks 660 by recorded population. Inside the 39 selected Russia entries it ranks 17; inside the 125 entries in its broad region it ranks 50. Its 844,858 population value is 1.30 times the 648,213 median for the country cohort and 1.27 times the 664,046 regional median. Saratov sits in the second quarter of this atlas's Russia population cohort. Saratov's recorded value is above the country-cohort median but remains below twice that benchmark. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Saratov's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Penza at 195.688 km with 523,553 recorded people; Tolyatti at 316.92 km with 702,879 recorded people; Volgograd at 331.814 km with 1,013,533 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 136.126 km. Compared with Penza, Saratov's recorded population is 1.61 times as large. Against Saratov, Penza follows Penza Oblast → Russia in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Russia cohort, uses Europe/Moscow instead of Europe/Saratov, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Saratov's. Against Saratov, Tolyatti follows Samara Oblast → Russia in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Russia cohort, uses Europe/Samara instead of Europe/Saratov, and carries populated place rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Saratov's. Against Saratov, Volgograd follows Volgograd Oblast → Russia in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Russia cohort, uses Europe/Volgograd instead of Europe/Saratov, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Saratov's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 983 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Saratov's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 498677, the coordinate pair 51.5405 / 45.9901, country rank 17 of 39, and neighbor GeoNames 511565 at 195.688 km bind Saratov to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Saratov's reference point is 51.5405° north and 45.9901° east. The IANA identifier Europe/Saratov is shared by 1 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Saratov's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Saratov's point falls in the higher-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Saratov's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Saratov, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
03Nearby atlas references
Saratov's closest other entries in this atlas are Penza (195.688 km), Tolyatti (316.92 km), Volgograd (331.814 km).
04Verify before you book
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GeoNames updated the row 2026-04-14; the atlas checked the dataset 2026-08-04. Available Wikidata fields were verified in the same run.
GeoNames data: CC BY 4.0. Wikidata labels and descriptions: CC0 1.0.