Sosnogorsk

Sosnogorsk (in English)
Сосногорск (Russian)
Сӧснагорт (Komi)
-  Town[1]  -

Sosnogorsk railway station

Location of the Komi Republic in Russia
Sosnogorsk
Location of Sosnogorsk in the Komi Republic
Coordinates: 63°36′N 53°54′E / 63.600°N 53.900°E / 63.600; 53.900Coordinates: 63°36′N 53°54′E / 63.600°N 53.900°E / 63.600; 53.900
Coat of arms
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Administrative status (as of December 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Komi Republic[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk[1]
Administrative center of town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2014)
Municipal district Sosnogorsk Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Sosnogorsk Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Sosnogorsk Municipal District,[2] Sosnogorsk Urban Settlement[2]
Head Natalya Kupetskova
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 27,757 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1939
Previous names Izhma (until 1957)
Postal code(s)[5] 169500–169502, 169509
Dialing code(s) +7 82149
Official website
Sosnogorsk on Wikimedia Commons

Sosnogorsk (Russian: Сосного́рск; Komi: Сӧснагорт, Sösnagort) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Izhma River. Population: 27,757 (2010 Census);[3] 29,587 (2002 Census);[6] 30,439 (1989 Census).[7]

History

The settlement was first established in 1939 as a railway station. It was known as Izhma (Ижма) until 1957. During the Soviet era, a corrective labor camp was located here. Gas giant Gazprom has a natural-gas condensate factory in the town.[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the town of Sosnogorsk is, together with two urban-type settlement administrative territories (comprising the urban-type settlements of Voyvozh and Nizhny Odes and three rural localities) and thirteen rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk is incorporated as Sosnogorsk Municipal District; the town of Sosnogorsk and thirteen rural localities are incorporated within it as Sosnogorsk Urban Settlement.[2] The two urban-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into two urban settlements within the municipal district.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #16-RZ
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #11-RZ
  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. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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.
  8. ↑ "עסקת הגז בין רוסיה לפינלנד - והשוחד הישראלי שלא הועבר לגזפרום"

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