Chusovoy

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Chusovoy (English)
Чусовой (Russian)
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Location of Perm Krai in Russia
Chusovoy
Location of Chusovoy in Perm Krai
Coordinates: 58°19′N 57°49′E / 58.317°N 57.817°E / 58.317; 57.817Coordinates: 58°19′N 57°49′E / 58.317°N 57.817°E / 58.317; 57.817
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Administrative status (as of June 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Perm Krai[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of krai significance of Chusovoy[1]
Administrative center of town of krai significance of Chusovoy[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2013)
Municipal district Chusovskoy Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Chusovskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Chusovskoy Municipal District,[2] Chusovskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 46,735 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[4]
Founded 1878
Town status since 1933
Postal code(s)[5] 618200–618206, 618249
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Chusovoy (Russian: Чусово́й) is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Usva and Vilva Rivers with the Chusovaya River, 140 kilometers (87 mi) east of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 46,735(2010 Census);[3] 51,615(2002 Census);[6] 57,874(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1878 during the construction of the Gornozavodsk railway and with the building of the metallurgical plant. In 1933, it was granted town status. After the construction of the bridge over the Chusovaya River in 1964, the town started to develop on the river's left bank.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three work settlements (Kalino, Lyamino, and Skalny) and seventy rural localities, incorporated as the town of krai significance of Chusovoy—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Chusovoy, together with the work settlement of Lyamino and two rural localities, is incorporated as Chusovskoye Urban Settlement within Chusovskoy Municipal District and serves as the municipal district's administrative center.[2] The remaining two work settlements and sixty-eight rural localities are grouped into seven rural settlements within Chusovskoy Municipal District.[2]

Economy

The main industry of the town is ferrous metallurgy. There are also engineering, metalworking, production of building materials and others. Metallurgical Plant of Chusovoy makes it a company town.

Transportation

Chusovoy is a major transportation hub. Gornozavodsk railway and the railway that runs to Solikamsk connect the town with Perm and other towns in the eastern part of the krai. KungurSolikamsk highway runs through Chusovoy. In recent years, it was connected with Perm by a new road through Polazna.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #416-67
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #1892-414
  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. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. 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.
  7. 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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