Kirovo-Chepetsk

Kirovo-Chepetsk (English)
Кирово-Чепецк (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

60 Let Oktyabrya Street in Kirovo-Chepetsk

Location of Kirov Oblast in Russia
Kirovo-Chepetsk
Location of Kirovo-Chepetsk in Kirov Oblast
Coordinates: 58°33′N 50°00′E / 58.550°N 50.000°E / 58.550; 50.000Coordinates: 58°33′N 50°00′E / 58.550°N 50.000°E / 58.550; 50.000
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Administrative status (as of April 2008)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kirov Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Town of Kirovo-Chepetsk[1]
Administrative center of Kirovo-Chepetsky District,[1] Town of Kirovo-Chepetsk[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Urban okrug Kirovo-Chepetsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Kirovo-Chepetsk Urban Okrug,[2] Kirovo-Chepetsky Municipal District[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 80,921 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 204th
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded mid-15th century
Town status since 1955
Previous names Ust-Cheptsa
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Kirovo-Chepetsk (Russian: Ки́рово-Чепе́цк) is a town in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Cheptsa and the Vyatka Rivers, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Kirov. Population: 80,921(2010 Census);[3] 90,303(2002 Census);[5] 92,382(1989 Census).[6]

Geography

The 50th eastern meridian runs exactly through the town.

History

It was founded in the mid-15th century as the village of Ust-Cheptsa (Усть-Чепца). Town status was granted to it in 1955.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kirovo-Chepetsk serves as the administrative center of Kirovo-Chepetsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Kirovo-Chepetsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Kirovo-Chepetsk is incorporated as Kirovo-Chepetsk Urban Okrug.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #387-ZO
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #284-ZO
  3. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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