Belaya Kholunitsa

Belaya Kholunitsa (in English)
Белая Холуница (Russian)
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Location of Kirov Oblast in Russia
Belaya Kholunitsa
Location of Belaya Kholunitsa in Kirov Oblast
Coordinates: 58°51′N 50°52′E / 58.850°N 50.867°E / 58.850; 50.867Coordinates: 58°51′N 50°52′E / 58.850°N 50.867°E / 58.850; 50.867
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Administrative status (as of July 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kirov Oblast[1]
Administrative district Belokholunitsky District[1]
Town Belaya Kholunitsa[1]
Administrative center of Belokholunitsky District,[1] Town of Belaya Kholunitsa[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2012)
Municipal district Belokholunitsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Belokholunitskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Belokholunitsky Municipal District,[2] Belokholunitskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 11,232 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1764[5]
Town status since 1965
Previous names Kholunitsky,
Belokholunitsky
Postal code(s)[6] 613200
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Belaya Kholunitsa (Russian: Бе́лая Холуни́ца) is a town and the administrative center of Belokholunitsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Belaya Kholunitsa River (Vyatka's tributary), 82 kilometers (51 mi) northeast of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,232 (2010 Census);[3] 11,975 (2002 Census);[7] 13,367 (1989 Census).[8]

History

It was founded in 1764 due to the construction of an ironworks as the settlement of Kholunitsky (Холуницкий).[5] It was later renamed Belokholunitsky (Белохолуницкий) when the river it stood on was renamed. It was granted town status in 1965.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belaya Kholunitsa serves as the administrative center of Belokholunitsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with nine rural localities, incorporated within Belokholunitsky District as the Town of Belaya Kholunitsa.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Belaya Kholunitsa is incorporated within Belokholunitsky Municipal District as Belokholunitskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

Industrial companies in the town include a load-and-carry equipment plant, two logging and two forestry companies, a wood-processing and furniture-making plant, a bread-making plant, among others.

There are deposits of iron ore, clay, gravel, lime, rubble, and peat in the town.

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 №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. 1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 39. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  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.
  8. ↑ 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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