Ochyor
Очёр
Town[1]
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Location of Ochyor
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Ochyor is located in Russia
Ochyor
Ochyor
Location of Ochyor
Ochyor is located in Perm Krai
Ochyor
Ochyor
Ochyor (Perm Krai)
Coordinates: 57°53′N 54°44′E / 57.883°N 54.733°E / 57.883; 54.733
CountryRussia
Federal subjectPerm Krai[1]
Administrative districtOchyorsky District[1]
Founded1759
Town status since1950
Government
 • HeadLeonid Mokrushin
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total14,238
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
14,226 (−0.1%)
 • Capital ofOchyorsky District[1]
 • Municipal districtOchyorsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementOchyorskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofOchyorsky Municipal District,[4] Ochyorskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
617140, 617141
Dialing code(s)+7 34278
OKTMO ID57644101001
Websiteocher.permarea.ru/ocher

Ochyor (Russian: Очёр), alternatively spelled Ocher, is a town and the administrative center of Ochyorsky District in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Ochyor River (Kama's tributary), 120 kilometers (75 mi) west of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 14,238 (2010 Census);[2] 15,563 (2002 Census);[7] 16,352 (1989 Census).[8]

History

The settlement was founded in 1759 in connection with the construction of the Ocher iron foundry and ironworks, owned by Count Stroganov.[9] In 1918, on the site of the old factory, the Ocher Machine-Building Plant was established, which produces bulldozers, pipe-layers, depth-pumping rods, etc. The city industry is represented by a casting-mechanical plant, a food processing plant, a bakery and a dairy plant. In Ocher suburbs there are concentrated deposits of gravel, peat, there are outlets of soda waters.

In 1924 Ocher district was formed. On February 25, 1929, Ocher was granted a status of the settlement, on June 19, 1950 - status of the city.[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ochyor serves as the administrative center of Ochyorsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Ochyor is incorporated within Ochyorsky Municipal District as Ochyorskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Paleontology

Near Ochyor, a number of important discoveries of Permian fossil reptiles (especially Therapsids) have been made, beginning in 1952.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #416-67
  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 #1729-352
  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 Шумилов, Евгений Николаевич; Николаев, Юрий Константинович (2005). Твоя малая родина (in Russian).

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