Kirs, Russia

For other places with the same name, see Kirs.
Kirs (English)
Кирс (Russian)
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Aerial view of Kirs

Location of Kirov Oblast in Russia
Kirs
Location of Kirs in Kirov Oblast
Coordinates: 59°21′N 52°15′E / 59.350°N 52.250°E / 59.350; 52.250Coordinates: 59°21′N 52°15′E / 59.350°N 52.250°E / 59.350; 52.250
Administrative status (as of July 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kirov Oblast[1]
Administrative district Verkhnekamsky District[1]
Town Kirs[1]
Administrative center of Verkhnekamsky District,[1] Town of Kirs[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2012)
Municipal district Verkhnekamsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Kirsinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Verkhnekamsky Municipal District,[2] Kirsinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 10,420 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1729
Town status since 1965
Postal code(s)[5] 612820, 612823
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Kirs (Russian: Кирс) is a town and the administrative center of Verkhnekamsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Kirs River near its confluence with the Vyatka, 281 kilometers (175 mi) northeast of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 10,420 (2010 Census);[3] 11,786 (2002 Census);[6] 14,200 (1989 Census).[7]

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.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kirs serves as the administrative center of Verkhnekamsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with six rural localities, incorporated within Verkhnekamsky District as the Town of Kirs.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Kirs is incorporated within Verkhnekamsky Municipal District as Kirsinskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #203-ZO
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #284-ZO
  3. 1 2 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.

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