Mikhaylovsk
Михайловск | |
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Coordinates: 56°27′N 59°08′E / 56.450°N 59.133°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast[1] |
Administrative district | Nizhneserginsky District[1] |
Town | Mikhaylovsk[1] |
Founded | 1805 |
Town status since | 1961 |
Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 9,852 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 8,921 (−9.4%) |
• Capital of | town of Mikhaylovsk[4] |
• Municipal district | Nizhneserginsky Municipal District[5] |
• Urban settlement | Mikhaylovskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
• Capital of | Mikhaylovskoye Urban Settlement[6] |
Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [7]) |
Postal code(s)[8] | 623080, 623082 |
OKTMO ID | 65628104001 |
Website | михайловскоемо |
Mikhaylovsk (Russian: Миха́йловск) is a town in Nizhneserginsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Mikhaylovsky Pond, 163 kilometers (101 mi) southwest of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 9,852 (2010 Census);[2] 10,538 (2002 Census);[9] 12,943 (1989 Census).[10]
It was founded in 1805 as Mikhaylovsky Zavod (Russian: Миха́йловский Заво́д).[citation needed] It was granted town status and given its present name in 1961.[citation needed]
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with one rural locality (the settlement of Mikhaylovsky Zavod), incorporated within Nizhneserginsky District as the Town of Mikhaylovsk.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Mikhaylovsk, together with ten rural localities in Nizhneserginsky District, is incorporated within Nizhneserginsky Municipal District as Mikhaylovskoye Urban Settlement.[5][1]