Kiss

Federal district	Ural
Oblast	Chelyabinsk
Rajon	Kiss
mayor	Viktor Penjagin
Founded	1778
City since	1943
surface	15 km²
population	18,792 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	1253 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	360 m
Time zone	UTC + 5
Telephone code	(+7) 35154
Post Code	456940-456942
License Plate	74, 174
OKATO	75 238 501
Geographical location
Coordinates	55 ° 20 ' N , 59 ° 26' E Coordinates: 55 ° 20 '0 " N , 59 ° 26' 0" E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Chelyabinsk Oblast
	List of cities in Russia

Kussa ( Russian Куса ) is a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 18,792 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the western flank of the Southern Urals about 180 km west of the Oblast capital Chelyabinsk at the confluence of the Kussa in the Ai , a left tributary of the Ufa in the river system of the Kama .

Kussa is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

The city is located on the Kalino (near Tschussowoi ) - Druzhinino - Berdjausch railway line , originally called the West-Ural Railway , which was opened in 1916 .

history

Kussa was established in 1778 in connection with the construction of the Kussinski Zavod ironworks and received town charter on January 18, 1943.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	13,829
1959	21,753
1970	21,155
1979	21,926
1989	22.606
2002	20,316
2010	18,792

Note: census data (1939 rounded)

Culture and sights

The city has a museum for art casting , which has been operated by the Kussaer Eisenwerk since the 1880s.

Various natural beauties in the area, such as rocks in the valley of the Ai, as well as well-known mineral discovery sites .

economy

In Kussa there is a machine factory and a plant for the production of artificial and processing natural gemstones and abrasives , as well as a wood industry.

sons and daughters of the town

Vladimir Ivanov (* 1987), badminton player

Individual evidence

↑ ^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 : Kussa - collection of images, videos and audio files

Unofficial city portal (Russian)
Kussa on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

[einwohner_aktuell-1] 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)


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