Snezhnogorsk, Murmansk Oblast

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Snezhnogorsk (English)
Снежногорск (Russian)
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The Rainbow House in Snezhnogorsk

Location of Murmansk Oblast in Russia
Snezhnogorsk
Location of Snezhnogorsk in Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 69°12′N 33°14′E / 69.200°N 33.233°E / 69.200; 33.233Coordinates: 69°12′N 33°14′E / 69.200°N 33.233°E / 69.200; 33.233
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Administrative status (as of December 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Murmansk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk[1]
Municipal status (as of June 2013)
Urban okrug Alexandrovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 12,683 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1970
Town status since 1980
Previous names Murmansk-60,
Vyuzhny
Postal code(s)[5] 184682, 184683
Dialing code(s) +7 81530
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Snezhnogorsk (Russian: Снежного́рск) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 12,683 (2010 Census);[3] 12,737 (2002 Census).[6]

History

It was founded in 1970 and was granted town status in 1980. It was previously known as Murmansk-60 and Vyuzhny.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Snezhnogorsk is subordinated to the closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] Within the framework of municipal divisions, the town of Snezhnogorsk is a part of Alexandrovsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy

Map of Northern Fleet bases

The town's main employer is the Nerpa shipyard, which services and repairs the nuclear submarines of the Russian Northern Fleet.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Murmansk Oblast
  2. 1 2 Law #530-01-ZMO
  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.

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