Zaozyorsk

Zaozyorsk (English)
Заозёрск (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Overview of Zaozyorsk

Location of Murmansk Oblast in Russia
Zaozyorsk
Location of Zaozyorsk in Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 69°24′N 32°37′E / 69.400°N 32.617°ECoordinates: 69°24′N 32°37′E / 69.400°N 32.617°E
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of April 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Murmansk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to closed administrative-territorial formation of Zaozyorsk[1]
Administrative center of closed administrative-territorial formation of Zaozyorsk[1]
Municipal status (as of March 2010)
Urban okrug Zaozyorsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Zaozyorsk Urban Okrug[2]
Mayor Pyotr Bogdanovich
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 11,199 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1958
Previous names Murmansk-150
Postal code(s)[5] 184310
Dialing code(s) +7 81556
Official website
Zaozyorsk on WikiCommons
Map of Northern Fleet bases

Zaozyorsk (Russian: Заозёрск), formerly called Murmansk-150 (Му́рманск-150) and Severomorsk-7 (Североморск-7),[6] is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 11,199 (2010 Census);[3] 12,687 (2002 Census).[7]

History

Zaozyorsk was originally formed in 1958 to serve as a base for a nuclear underwater fleet that was to protect Soviet northern sea border. The base was renamed Zapadnaya Litsa in 1959.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Zaozyorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Zaozyorsk is incorporated as Zaozyorsk Urban Okrug.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #96-01-ZMO
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #530-01-ZMO
  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. ↑ Local post office http://www.russianpost.ru/PostOfficeFindInterface/FindOPSByPostOfficeID.aspx?index=184310
  6. ↑ "" (retrieved March 28, 2015)
  7. ↑ 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.

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