Sosnogorsk

Sosnogorsk (English)
Сосногорск (Russian)
Сӧснагорт (Komi)
-  Town[1]  -

Sosnogorsk railway station

Location of the Komi Republic in Russia
Sosnogorsk
Location of Sosnogorsk in the Komi Republic
Coordinates: 63°35′58″N 53°52′58″E / 63.59944°N 53.88278°ECoordinates: 63°35′58″N 53°52′58″E / 63.59944°N 53.88278°E
Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of May 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Komi Republic[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk[1]
Administrative center of town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk[1]
Municipal status (as of May 2012)
Municipal district Sosnogorsk Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Sosnogorsk Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Sosnogorsk Municipal District,[2] Sosnogorsk Urban Settlement[2]
Head Natalya Kupetskova
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 27,757 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Previous names Izhma (until 1957)
Postal code(s)[5] 169500—169509
Dialing code(s) +7 82149
Official website
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Sosnogorsk (Russian: Сосного́рск; Komi: Сӧснагорт, Sösnagort) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Izhma River. Population: 27,757(2010 Census);[3] 29,587(2002 Census);[6] 30,439(1989 Census).[7]

History

The town was known as Izhma (Ижма) until 1957. During the Soviet era, a corrective labor camp was located here. Gas giant Gazprom has a gas condensate factory in the town.[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two urban-type settlements and sixteen rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk is incorporated as Sosnogorsk Municipal District; the town of Sosnogorsk and thirteen rural localities are incorporated within it as Sosnogorsk Urban Settlement.[2] The remaining localities are incorporated within the municipal district into two urban settlements.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #16-RZ
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Law #11-RZ
  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. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. "עסקת הגז בין רוסיה לפינלנד - והשוחד הישראלי שלא הועבר לגזפרום"

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