Swirsk

city Svirsk Свирск flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Irkutsk Urban district Swirsk mayor Vladimir Alferov Founded 1930s City since 1949 surface 22  km² population 13,650 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 620 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 410  m Time zone UTC + 8 Telephone code (+7) 39546 Post Code 665420-665422 License Plate 38, 85, 138 OKATO 25 445 505 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 5 '  N , 103 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 5 '0 "  N , 103 ° 20' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Irkutsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Swirsk ( Russian Свирск ) is a city in the Irkutsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 13,650 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the plain north of the East Sayan , about 150 km northwest of the oblast capital Irkutsk on the left bank of the Angara .

The city of Swirsk forms an independent urban district .

Swirsk is connected by a branch line (freight only) to the city and station Cheremkhovo on the Trans-Siberian Railway , 20 km away .

climate

The climate is highly continental . The mean July temperature is +24 ° C (absolute maximum +35.4 ° C), the mean January temperature −19.4 ° C (absolute minimum −43.8 ° C), the mean annual rainfall 377 mm.

history

Since the first half of the 18th century there has been a settlement of Svirskaya in the place of the present city .

In the 1930s, an accumulator plant and a river port on the Angara for wood and coal handling for the nearby mining area around Cheremkhovo were built here and the place received the status of an urban-type settlement .

During the Second World War , another battery plant was relocated from Leningrad to Swirsk. The place continued to grow and on November 16, 1949 it was given city rights under its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	21,186
1970	20,477
1979	21,793
1989	19,214
2002	15,500
2010	13,650

Note: census data

economy

In Svirsk there are factories for special motor vehicle equipment ( Avtospezoborudowanije ) and accumulators ( Vostsibelement ).

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 of State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 g. po Irkutskoj oblasti (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010 for Irkutsk Oblast). on-line

Web links

• Unofficial city website (Russian)
• Swirsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)