En Name: | Belorechensk |
Ru Name: | Белореченск |
Coordinates: | 44.7686°N 39.8733°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Belorechensk_(Krasnodar_krai),_coat_of_arms.png |
Federal Subject: | Krasnodar Krai |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Belorechensk |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Town of Belorechensk |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Belorechensky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Belorechensky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Belorechenskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Belorechensky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Belorechenskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 53892 |
Pop 2010Census Rank: | 306th |
Established Date: | 1862 |
Current Cat Date: | 1958 |
Website: | http://www.gorodbelorechensk.ru/ |
Belorechensk (Russian: Белоре́ченск) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Belaya River, from which it takes its name. It forms the municipal formation Belorechenskoye urban settlement, as the only locality in its composition. Population: 51,590 (2020),
It was established as a Cossack settlement in 1862.[1] Town status was granted to it in 1958.[2] During the Soviet period, a corrective labor camp was located here. Belorechensk-White Rechensk was briefly occupied by Germany in the Second World War.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belorechensk serves as the administrative center of Belorechensky District, even though it is not a part of it.[3] As an administrative division, it is, together with the territory of Yuzhny Rural Okrug (which comprises three rural localities), incorporated separately as the Town of Belorechensk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of Belorechensk is incorporated within Belorechensky Municipal District as Belorechenskoye Urban Settlement.[4] Yuzhny Rural Okrug is incorporated within Belorechensky Municipal District as Yuzhnenskoye Rural Settlement.