Krasnokamsk

city Krasnokamsk Краснокамск flag coat of arms Federal district Volga region Perm Rajon Krasnokamsk mayor Yuri Chechotkin Founded 1929 City since 1938 surface 68  km² population 51,916 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 763 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34273 Post Code 617060-617067 License Plate 59, 81, 159 OKATO 57 420 Website www.krasnokamsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 5 '  N , 55 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 5 '0 "  N , 55 ° 45' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Perm region

List of cities in Russia

Krasnokamsk ( Russian Краснокамск ) is a city in the Perm region ( Russia ) with 51,916 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the foothills of the Urals , about 35 km northwest of the regional capital Perm on the right bank of the Kama .

Krasnokamsk is administratively directly subordinate to the region and at the same time the administrative center of the raion of the same name . The urban-type settlement Overjata is subordinate to the city of Krasnokamsk.

The city is connected via a branch line to the Trans-Siberian Railway, which bypasses it a few kilometers to the north ( Owerjata station ).

history

Krasnokamsk was established in 1929 in connection with the construction of the Kama cellulose-paper combine ( Kamski zelljulosno-bumaschny Kombinat ) and received town charter in 1938. In the 1930s, crude oil was also discovered in the area around the town and Krasnokamskneft began to extract it .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	29,745
1959	54,715
1970	55,073
1979	56.209
1989	57,681
2002	53,724
2010	51,916

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum and an art gallery.

economy

In addition to a cellulose and paper factory of the state- owned Gosnak, the largest company in the city, there are companies in the metalworking, chemical and food industries as well as a thermal power station.

sons and daughters of the town

• Olha Wladykina-Bryshina (* 1963), sprinter and Olympic champion
• Swetlana Wyssokowa (* 1972), speed skater
• Igor Ulanov (* 1969), ice hockey player and coach

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

Commons : Krasnokamsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Krasnokamsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)