Kirs, Russia

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Coordinates: 59°19′52″N 52°16′01″E / 59.3311°N 52.2669°E / 59.3311; 52.2669

Kirs (Russian: Кирс) is a town and the administrative center of Verkhnekamsky District of Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Kirs River near its confluence with the Vyatka, 281 kilometers (175 mi) northeast of Kirov. Population: 10,420 (2010 Census);^[1] 11,786 (2002 Census);^[2] 14,200 (1989 Census).^[3]

History

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.

References

↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
↑ "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров." [All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012.

v t e Administrative divisions of Kirov Oblast

Administrative center: Kirov

	Cities and towns	Belaya Kholunitsa Kirov Kirovo-Chepetsk Kirs Kotelnich Luza Malmyzh Murashi Nolinsk Omutninsk Orlov Slobodskoy Sosnovka Sovetsk Urzhum Vyatskiye Polyany Yaransk Zuyevka

	Closed administrative-territorial formations	Pervomaysky

	Districts	Afanasyevsky Arbazhsky Belokholunitsky Bogorodsky Darovskoy Falyonsky Kiknursky Kilmezsky Kirovo-Chepetsky Kotelnichsky Kumyonsky Lebyazhsky Luzsky Malmyzhsky Murashinsky Nagorsky Nemsky Nolinsky Omutninsky Oparinsky Orichevsky Orlovsky Pizhansky Podosinovsky Sanchursky Shabalinsky Slobodskoy Sovetsky Sunsky Svechinsky Tuzhinsky Uninsky Urzhumsky Verkhnekamsky Verkhoshizhemsky Vyatskopolyansky Yaransky Yuryansky Zuyevsky

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