Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast

Zheleznogorsk (English)
Железногорск (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Lenina Street in Zheleznogorsk

Location of Kursk Oblast in Russia
Zheleznogorsk
Location of Zheleznogorsk in Kursk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°20′N 35°22′E / 52.333°N 35.367°ECoordinates: 52°20′N 35°22′E / 52.333°N 35.367°E
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of November 2008)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kursk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Zheleznogorsk[1]
Administrative center of Zheleznogorsky District,[1] town of oblast significance of Zheleznogorsk[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2010)
Urban okrug Zheleznogorsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Zheleznogorsk Urban Okrug,[2] Zheleznogorsky Municipal District[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 95,049 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 181st
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1957
Town status since 1962
Official website
Zheleznogorsk on WikiCommons

Zheleznogorsk (Russian: Железного́рск) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located 130 kilometers (81 mi) northwest of Kursk. Population: 95,049(2010 Census);[3] 95,528(2002 Census);[5] 85,192(1989 Census).[6]

History

Zheleznogorsk was founded in 1957 due to the development of iron ore deposits in the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly. It was granted town status in 1962.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zheleznogorsk serves as the administrative center of Zheleznogorsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Zheleznogorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Zheleznogorsk is incorporated as Zheleznogorsk Urban Okrug.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Resolution #489
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Law #48-ZKO
  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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