Suksun

Urban-type settlement Suksun Суксун coat of arms Federal district Volga region Perm Rajon Suksunski Founded 1651 Urban-type settlement since 1933 population 8022 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34275 Post Code 617560 License Plate 59, 81, 159 OKATO 57 251 551 Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 9 '  N , 57 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 8 '45 "  N , 57 ° 23' 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Perm region

Suksun ( Russian Суксун ) is an urban-type settlement in the Perm region in Russia with 8022 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 120 km as the crow flies southeast of the regional administrative center Perm in the western foothills of the Urals . It is located on the left bank of the Sylwa , at the confluence of the Suksuntschik, which is dammed up there to form a small reservoir called Suksunski prud .

Suksun is the administrative center of the Rajons Suksunski and seat of the municipality Suksunskoje gorodskoje posselenije, also includes the east village subsequent Koschelewo to.

history

The place was founded in 1651 in connection with the discovery of copper ores in the area. At the beginning of the 18th century, the production of samovars was started on this basis , which was continued even after the local copper deposits were exhausted. A little later Akinfi Demidow had the Suksunski zavod ironworks built there, from which today's “optical-mechanical plant” emerged.

On February 27, 1924, Suksun became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1933 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	6128
1959	7731
1970	8487
1979	8819
1989	8882
2002	8495
2010	8022

Note: census data

traffic

A few kilometers to the southwest, Suksun is bypassed by the federal trunk road R242 from Perm to Yekaterinburg . The nearest train stations are in the neighboring district center of Ust-Kischert, 25 km to the north, on the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway , which was opened on this section in 1911, but can only be reached via a side road, and in the town of Kungur , 40 km northwest on the R242.

Web links

• Official website of the district administration (Russian)

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)