Luza
Луза
Town[1]
Coat of arms of Luza
Coat of arms
Location of Luza
Map
Luza is located in Russia
Luza
Luza
Location of Luza
Luza is located in Kirov Oblast
Luza
Luza
Luza (Kirov Oblast)
Coordinates: 60°39′N 47°17′E / 60.650°N 47.283°E / 60.650; 47.283
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKirov Oblast[1]
Administrative districtLuzsky District[1]
TownLuza[1]
Foundedthe end of
the 19th century
Town status since1944
Elevation
95 m (312 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total11,260
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
10,232 (−9.1%)
 • Capital ofLuzsky District,[1] Town of Luza[1]
 • Municipal districtLuzsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementLuzskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofLuzsky Municipal District,[4] Luzskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
613980, 613982, 613983, 613999
OKTMO ID33622101001
Websiteadmluza.ru

Luza (Russian: Лу́за) is a town and the administrative center of Luzsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Luza River (Yug's tributary), 301 kilometers (187 mi) northwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,260 (2010 Census);[2] 12,311 (2002 Census);[7] 13,706 (1989 Census).[8]

Paleontology

Fossil of temnospondyl amphibian Luzocephalus blomi was found in the Lower Triassic (Lower Induan) deposits of Luza.[9] There is also a report about vertebrae of Tupilakosaurus sp. from the same location.[9]

History

Luza was established as a settlement at the railway station in the end of the 19th century on location of an older settlement, which had been known since the 17th century. Town status was granted to it in 1944.[10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Luza serves as the administrative center of Luzsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with thirty-six rural localities, incorporated within Luzsky District as the Town of Luza.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Luza is incorporated within Luzsky Municipal District as Luzskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

Luza is a large timber-works center. There is a sawmill and a railroad tie-manufacturing plant in the town. Luza is one of the monotowns, on 2021 the biggest employer in the city is Holz House LLC. Holz House produces prefabricated glulam houses and sell glulam and lumber all over the world.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Law #203-ZO
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e Law #284-ZO
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  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).
  8. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ^ a b Novikov A.V. (2018). Early Triassic amphibians of Eastern Europe: evolution of dominant groups and peculiarities of changing communities (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: RAS. p. 298. ISBN 978-5-906906-71-7. "Archive copy" (PDF). August 12, 2023.
  10. ^ "General Information" (in Russian). Retrieved February 3, 2018.

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