Kirs

This article covers the Russian city; for the Estonian soccer player see Urmas Kirs .

city Kirs Кирс Federal district Volga Oblast Kirov Rajon Verkhnyaya Kama Founded 1729 City since 1965 surface 14  km² population 10,420 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 744 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 160  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83339 Post Code 612820, 612823 License Plate 43 OKATO 33 207 501 Website kirscity.ru Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 20 '  N , 52 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 20 '0 "  N , 52 ° 14' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kirov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kirs ( Russian Кирс ) is a town in Kirov Oblast ( Russia ) with 10,420 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). The city is the administrative center of the Verkhnyaya Kama Rajons (Upper Kama) and is located about 220 km northeast of the Oblast capital Kirov near the mouth of the Kirs River in the Vyatka , a right tributary of the Kama .

history

Kirs was established in 1729 as a workers' settlement with the establishment of an iron foundry by the merchant Grigori Vyazemsky. The place was named after the river of the same name, whose name originally comes from the Komi language and means "steep bank" there. In the 1860s, the foundry was bought up by the state and significantly expanded, but Kirs only received town charter in 1965.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	6,562
1959	10,859
1970	14,169
1979	14,387
1989	14,200
2002	11,786
2010	10,420

Note: census data

economy

Today the industry in Kirs is represented by companies in the food and wood industry and a cable factory.

Attractions

The historical sights of the city include the Church of the Protection and Intercession (Покровская церковь), built from 1894 to 1915, a history museum and an artificial pond that was built in the 1730s and was originally used to power the mechanical systems of the iron foundry.

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

• Unofficial website of Kirs (Russian)
• Kirs on mojgorod.ru (Russian)