Insar, Insarsky District, Republic of Mordovia

For other places with the same name, see Insar (inhabited locality).
Insar (English)
Инсар (Russian)
Инзара (Moksha)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of the Republic of Mordovia in Russia
Insar
Location of Insar in the Republic of Mordovia
Coordinates: 53°52′N 44°23′E / 53.867°N 44.383°ECoordinates: 53°52′N 44°23′E / 53.867°N 44.383°E
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of May 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Mordovia[1]
Administrative district Insarsky District[1]
Town of district significance Insar[1]
Administrative center of Insarsky District,[1] town of district significance of Insar[1]
Municipal status (as of September 2011)
Municipal district Insarsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Insar Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Insarsky Municipal District,[2] Insar Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 8,687 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1648
Town status since 1958

Insar (Russian: Инса́р; Moksha: Инзара) is a town and the administrative center of Insarsky District of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located 77 kilometers (48 mi) southwest of the republic's capital of Saransk at the confluence of the Issa and Insarka Rivers. Population: 8,687 (2010 Census);[3] 8,951 (2002 Census);[5] 9,275 (1989 Census).[6]

History

It was founded in 1648 as a fortress and a posad. Town status was granted to it in 1780; it was demoted to a rural locality in 1926. Town status was re-granted again in 1958.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Insar serves as the administrative center of Insarsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the settlement of Zarya, incorporated within Insarsky District as the town of district significance of Insar.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Insar is incorporated within Insarsky Municipal District as Insar Urban Settlement.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Law #7-Z
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #119-Z
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ 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). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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