Biryusinsk

Biryusinsk
Бирюсинск
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Biryusinsk is located in Russia
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Biryusinsk is located in Irkutsk Oblast
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Biryusinsk
Biryusinsk (Irkutsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 55°58′N 97°50′E / 55.967°N 97.833°E / 55.967; 97.833
CountryRussia
Federal subjectIrkutsk Oblast
Administrative districtTayshetsky District
Founded1897
Town status since1967
Elevation
300 m (980 ft)
Population
 • Total
8,981
 • Estimate 
(2021)
8,632 (−3.9%)
 • Municipal districtTayshetsky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementBiryusinskoye Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofBiryusinskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code
665050–665053
Dialing code+7 39563
OKTMO ID25636105001
Websitewww.biryusinsk.ks8.ru

Biryusinsk (Russian: Бирюсинск, IPA: [bʲɪrʲʉˈsʲinsk]) is a town in Tayshetsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Biryusa River (Angara's basin), 682 kilometers (424 mi) northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 8,981 (2010 census); 10,004 (2002 census); 12,066 (1989 Soviet census).

It was previously known as Suyetikha (until 1967).

History

It was founded in 1897 as Suyetikha (Суетиха), named so after the Suyetikha River.[citation needed]. In 1934, it was granted work settlement status.[citation needed] It was granted town status in 1967 and renamed Biryusinsk after the Biryusa River.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Biryusinsk is subordinated to Tayshetsky District. As a municipal division, the town of Biryusinsk is incorporated within Tayshetsky Municipal District as Biryusinskoye Urban Settlement.

Economy

Biryusinsk's industrial enterprises include a timber factory and a hydrolysis plant.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Charter of Irkutsk Oblast
  2. 1 2 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast
  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.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Law #100-oz
  5. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ 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).
  8. ↑ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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