Alexandrovsk (Perm)

city Alexandrovsk Александровск coat of arms Federal district Volga region Perm Rajon Alexandrovsk mayor Vladimir Yuryevich Petrov Founded 1783 City since 1951 surface 41  km² population 14,495 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 354 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34274 Post Code 618320, 618323 License Plate 59, 81, 159 OKATO 57 405 Website aleksadm.ru Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 10 ′  N , 57 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 57 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Perm region

List of cities in Russia

Alexandrowsk ( Russian Алекса́ндровск ) is a city in the Perm region (Russia) with 14,495 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the western flank of the Middle Urals , about 180 km northeast of the regional capital Perm on the Lytwa , a river in the river system of the Kama .

Alexandrowsk is the administrative center of the Alexandrowski Rajons and the seat of the municipality Alexandrowskoje gorodskoje posselenije, to which besides the city the settlements Lunjewka, Lytwenski and Taly as well as the villages Baschmaki, Malaja Wilwa and Ust-Lytwa belong.

The city is located on the Chusovoy - Kisel - Solikamsk railway line ( Kopi station ).

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  City administration building and Lenin monument

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  Machine factory

history

Alexandrowsk arose in 1783 in connection with the establishment of the first after the river Lytwinski Sawod mentioned ironworks , which in a row after the first name of the future owner the name Alexandrovsky Zavod got. In 1929 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1951 under the current name of municipal law.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7,572
1959	19,053
1970	18,286
1979	19,993
1989	20,073
2002	16,231
2010	14,495

Note: census data

Culture and sights

There is a local museum in the village of Verkh-Jaiwa , part of Alexandrowsk .

economy

In addition to a machine factory for mining equipment, there are companies in the building materials and timber industry.

sons and daughters of the town

• Yuri Velikorodnych (* 1942), marathon runner

See also

• List of cities in the Perm region

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

• City's unofficial website (Russian)
• Alexandrowsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)