Saozjorsk

Federal district	Northwest Russia
Oblast	Murmansk
Urban district	Saozjorsk
Founded	1958
City since	1958
surface	118 km²
population	11,199 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	95 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	56 m
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 81556
Post Code	184310
License Plate	51
OKATO	47 533
Website	zatozaozersk.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates	69 ° 24 ' N , 32 ° 27' E Coordinates: 69 ° 24 '0 " N , 32 ° 27' 0" E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Murmansk Oblast
	List of cities in Russia

Saozjorsk 2009

Saosjorsk ( Russian Заозёрск ) is a closed city in Russia in the Murmansk Oblast with 11,199 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It is mainly inhabited by members of the Russian armed forces in connection with the submarine fleet of the nearby port of Sapadnaya Liza , the most important base of the Russian northern fleet .

description

Bolshaya Lopatka submarine base

Saozjorsk was founded in 1958 as the village of Zaorzerny (Заозерный) as a place of residence for members of the Soviet submarine fleet. During the Soviet era, the settlement was then further built as a closed city under the code names Severomorsk-7 (Североморск-7) or Murmansk-150 (Мурманск-150). The climate in the city is extremely inhospitable and characterized by long nights in polar winter and strong winds.

Saozjorsk is located a good 2 km from the Litsa River and 54 km north-northwest from the regional capital Murmansk . On motorways the distance is 150 kilometers. The majority of the population serve in the Russian armed forces or work in companies belonging to the Ministry of Defense .

Population development

year	Residents
2002	12,687
2010	11.199

Note: census data

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 : Zaozjorsk - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Saozjorsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
Brief profile of Zaozyorsk (English)

[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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