Yaransk

Yaransk (English)
Яранск (Russian)
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Karla Marksa Street in Yaransk

Location of Kirov Oblast in Russia
Yaransk
Location of Yaransk in Kirov Oblast
Coordinates: 57°19′N 47°54′E / 57.317°N 47.900°E / 57.317; 47.900Coordinates: 57°19′N 47°54′E / 57.317°N 47.900°E / 57.317; 47.900
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of July 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kirov Oblast[1]
Administrative district Yaransky District[1]
Town Yaransk[1]
Administrative center of Yaransky District,[1] Town of Yaransk[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2012)
Municipal district Yaransky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Yaranskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Yaransky Municipal District,[2] Yaranskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 17,253 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1584
Town status since 1780
Postal code(s)[5] 612260–612263, 612269
Yaransk on Wikimedia Commons

Yaransk (Russian: Яра́нск; Mari: Яраҥ, Yaraň) is a town and the administrative center of Yaransky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Yaran River (Vyatka's basin), 257 kilometers (160 mi) southwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,253 (2010 Census);[3] 19,723 (2002 Census);[6] 20,466 (1989 Census).[7]

History

In the Middle Ages, it had a central position in the land of Mari and served as the capital of the Mari people. In 1584, Yaransk was founded as a Russian fortress on the Yaran River where the old Mari fortress once stood to defend against the Mari. A posad later grew around the fortress. Town status was granted to Yaransk in 1780.

Water tower (1912) in Yaransk

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yaransk serves as the administrative center of Yaransky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with eighteen rural localities, incorporated within Yaransky District as the Town of Yaransk.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Yaransk is incorporated within Yaransky Municipal District as Yaranskoye 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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