Kirs

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Coordinates: 59.3311° N 52.2669° E

Kirs (Russian: Кирс) is a town in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Kirs River near its confluence with the Vyatka, 281 km northeast of Kirov. Population: 11,786 (2002 Census); 14,200 (1989 Census).

It was established as a settlement around a cast iron foundry built in 1729. In 1862, the foundry was retrofitted to produce merchant bars. Town status was granted to Kirs in 1965.


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Administrative center: Kirov

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