Revda (Sverdlovsk)

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city
Rewda
Ревда
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Federal district Ural
Oblast Sverdlovsk
Urban district Rewda
mayor Vladimir Yushanin
Founded 1734
City since 1935
surface 66  km²
population 61,875 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 938 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 320  m
Time zone UTC + 5
Telephone code (+7) 34397
Post Code 623280-623287
License Plate 66, 96, 196
OKATO 65 484
Website adm.revda.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 56 ° 48 '  N , 59 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 48 '0 "  N , 59 ° 55' 0"  E
Revda (Sverdlovsk) (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Revda (Sverdlovsk) (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
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Location in Sverdlovsk Oblast
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Rewda ( Russian Ревда ) is a city in the Sverdlovsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 61,875 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Middle Urals , about 40 km west of the oblast capital Yekaterinburg at the confluence of the Rewda in the Tschusowaja , a left tributary of the Kama . Just a few kilometers north of Rewda is the neighboring town of Pervouralsk , little east the boundary between Europe and Asia .

Rewda is administratively directly subordinate to the Oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name . The city of Revda is subordinate to the city of Degtyarsk , about 25 kilometers south .

history

Rewda was founded in 1731 with the establishment of an ironworks . The official founding year is 1734, when the plant started production. On May 3, 1935 the town charter was granted.

Population development

year Residents
1926 10,000
1939 32.191
1959 54,870
1970 59.114
1979 62,943
1989 65,757
2002 62,667
2010 61,875

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

In the city center, parts of the wooden buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries have been preserved, including the residential building of the Demidow family . In Revda there are several museums on the history of the metallurgical works and mining in the city.

economy

In Revda is the largest copper smelter in the Urals, which has been in operation since 1940 and mainly processes ore from a deposit near Degtjarsk. There are also plants in the metalworking and chemical industries, as well as in the construction and wood industries.

Personalities

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 : Rewda  - collection of images, videos and audio files