Chormos

city Chormos рмоз flag coat of arms Federal district Volga region Perm Rajon Ilyinsky Founded 1701 City since 1943 surface 13  km² population 3861 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 297 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 125  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34276 Post Code 617040 License Plate 59, 81, 159 OKATO 57 220 504 Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 47 '  N , 56 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 47 '0 "  N , 56 ° 9' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Perm region

List of cities in Russia

Tschormos ( Russian Чёрмоз ; also Tschermos ) is a small town in the Perm region ( Russia ) with 3861 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The town lies on the western edge of the Central Urals about 100 km north of the regional capital Perm on the right bank of here for Kama Reservoir pent Kama , near the mouth of the river Chyormoz .

Chormos is located in the Ilyinsky district .

history

Tschormos was created in 1701 (according to other sources in 1761) in connection with the construction of the Tschormosski Sawod copper works , which was later converted into an ironworks . In 1943 the place received city rights.

When the Kama reservoir was filled around 1958, part of the city and with it the ironworks were flooded; the number of inhabitants decreased considerably.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	11,771
1959	11,613
1970	8,681
1979	6,772
1989	5,907
2002	4,376
2010	3,861

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Despite the flooding of part of the city, various buildings from the 19th century have been preserved, such as the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary ( церковь Рождества Богородицы / zerkow Roshdestva Bogorodizy) from 1836 with a remarkable clock tower and the building of the factory administration from 1812.

economy

There is a plant for electrical systems in Tschormos.

See also

• List of cities in the Perm region

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 : Tschormos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website about the city (Russian)
• Tschormos on mojgorod.ru (Russian)