Luza, Luzsky District, Kirov Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Luza (inhabited locality).
Luza (English)
Луза (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Kirov Oblast in Russia
Luza
Location of Luza in Kirov Oblast
Coordinates: 60°39′N 47°17′E / 60.650°N 47.283°E / 60.650; 47.283Coordinates: 60°39′N 47°17′E / 60.650°N 47.283°E / 60.650; 47.283
Administrative status (as of July 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kirov Oblast[1]
Administrative district Luzsky District[1]
Town Luza[1]
Administrative center of Luzsky District,[1] Town of Luza[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2012)
Municipal district Luzsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Luzskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Luzsky Municipal District,[2] Luzskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 11,260 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded the end of
the 19th century
Town status since 1944
Postal code(s)[5] 613980, 613982, 613983, 613999

Luza (Russian: Лу́за) is a town and the administrative center of Luzsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Luza River (Yug's tributary), 301 kilometers (187 mi) northwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,260 (2010 Census);[3] 12,311 (2002 Census);[6] 13,706 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was established as a settlement at the railway station in the end of the 19th century on location of an older settlement, which had been known since the 17th century. Town status was granted to it in 1944.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Luza serves as the administrative center of Luzsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with thirty-six rural localities, incorporated within Luzsky District as the Town of Luza.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Luza is incorporated within Luzsky Municipal District as Luzskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

Luza is a large timber-works center. There is a sawmill and a railroad tie-manufacturing plant in the town.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #203-ZO
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #284-ZO
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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