Kirs
Кирс
Town[1]
Aerial view of Kirs
Aerial view of Kirs
Coat of arms of Kirs
Coat of arms
Location of Kirs
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Kirs is located in Russia
Kirs
Kirs
Location of Kirs
Kirs is located in Kirov Oblast
Kirs
Kirs
Kirs (Kirov Oblast)
Coordinates: 59°21′N 52°15′E / 59.350°N 52.250°E / 59.350; 52.250
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKirov Oblast[1]
Administrative districtVerkhnekamsky District[1]
TownKirs[1]
Founded1729
Town status since1965
Elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total10,420
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
9,453 (−9.3%)
 • Capital ofVerkhnekamsky District,[1] Town of Kirs[1]
 • Municipal districtVerkhnekamsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementKirsinskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofVerkhnekamsky Municipal District,[4] Kirsinskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
612820, 612823
OKTMO ID33607101001
Websitewww.kirscity.ru

Kirs (Russian: Кирс) is a town and the administrative center of Verkhnekamsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Kirs River near its confluence with the Vyatka, 281 kilometers (175 mi) northeast of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 10,420 (2010 Russian census);[2] 11,786 (2002 Census);[7] 14,200 (1989 Soviet census).[8]

History

It was established as a settlement around a cast iron foundry built in 1729.[citation needed] In 1862, the foundry was retrofitted to produce merchant bars. Town status was granted to Kirs in 1965.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

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

References

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. ^ 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.

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