Kuznetsk

Kuznetsk (in English)
Кузнецк (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Central square in Kuznetsk

Location of Penza Oblast in Russia
Kuznetsk
Location of Kuznetsk in Penza Oblast
Coordinates: 53°07′N 46°36′E / 53.117°N 46.600°E / 53.117; 46.600Coordinates: 53°07′N 46°36′E / 53.117°N 46.600°E / 53.117; 46.600
Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of November 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Penza Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk[1]
Administrative center of Kuznetsky District,[1] town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk[1]
Municipal status (as of October 2012)
Urban okrug Kuznetsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Kuznetsk Urban Okrug,[2] Kuznetsky Municipal District[3]
Statistics
Area (urban okrug) (2010) 42.08 km2 (16.25 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 88,839 inhabitants[5]
- Rank in 2010 189th
Population (January 2011 est.) 88,806 inhabitants[4]
Density 2,111/km2 (5,470/sq mi)[6]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[7]
Founded 1699
Town status since 1780
Postal code(s)[8] 442530–442535, 442537–442539, 442541–442544, 442549
Dialing code(s) +7 84157
Official website
Kuznetsk on Wikimedia Commons

Kuznetsk (Russian: Кузне́цк) is a town in Penza Oblast, Russia, located in the foothills of the Volga Upland, mainly on the left bank of the Truyov River. Population: 88,839 (2010 Census);[5] 92,050 (2002 Census);[9] 98,588 (1989 Census).[10]

Administrative and municipal status

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

History

Vasiliy Fedorovich Naryshkin founded the settlement of Truyovo on the river Tryov in 1699. It became known as Truyovo-Voskresenskoe and then as Naryshkino. An ukaz of Catherine II renamed the village as Kuznetsk in November 1780.

Twin towns and sister cities

Kuznetsk is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #774-ZPO
  2. 1 2 3 Law #690-ZPO
  3. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 56 640». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 56 640. ).
  4. 1 2 Федеральная служба государственной статистики. БД ПМО Пензенской области. Показатели, характеризующие состояние экономики и социальной сферы муниципального образования. Городские округа Пензенской области. Город Кузнецк
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. ↑ 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.).
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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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