Murashi
Мураши
Town[1]
Murashi railroad station, Murashi
Murashi railroad station, Murashi
Coat of arms of Murashi
Coat of arms
Location of Murashi
Map
Murashi is located in Russia
Murashi
Murashi
Location of Murashi
Murashi is located in Kirov Oblast
Murashi
Murashi
Murashi (Kirov Oblast)
Coordinates: 59°24′N 48°59′E / 59.400°N 48.983°E / 59.400; 48.983
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKirov Oblast[1]
Administrative districtMurashinsky District[1]
TownMurashi[1]
Founded1895
Town status since1944
Elevation
210 m (690 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total6,750
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
6,218 (−7.9%)
 • Capital ofMurashinsky District,[1] Town of Murashi[1]
 • Municipal districtMurashinsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementMurashinskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofMurashinsky Municipal District,[4] Murashinskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
613710, 613711
OKTMO ID33624101001

Murashi (Russian: Мураши́) is a town and the administrative center of Murashinsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located 112 kilometers (70 mi) northwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast, on the Kirov–Syktyvkar highway. Population: 6,750 (2010 Census);[2] 7,650 (2002 Census);[7] 10,059 (1989 Census).[8]

History

It was founded in 1895 as a settlement due to the construction of the railway station on the Vyatka–Kotlas railway.[citation needed] It was granted town status in 1944.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Murashi serves as the administrative center of Murashinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated within Murashinsky District as the Town of Murashi.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Murashi is incorporated within Murashinsky Municipal District as Murashinskoye 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. ^ 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.

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