Population size of the Taganrog agglomeration in 2010-2014

The article deals with the processes of natural and migration movement of population in the Taganrog agglomeration for the period after the Russian Population Census 2010. It shows that on the whole the agglomeration is characterized by decrease in the population size with the combination of natural decrease and net migration. And the processes in different part of the agglomeration have different directions. Population in suburban Neklinov district is growing as migration inflow surpasses natural decrease. The most negative situation is observed in suburban agrarian Matveevo-Kurgan district, where both migration and natural movement indicators have negative values. The city of Taganrog has no territorial resources for its development that holds back housing construction and consequently influx of migrants, which could have compensated for the natural decrease of population. There were identified the problems of development of the city and agglomeration, which exist under the present system of interaction between the administrative bodies of different levels and municipalities.