En Name: | Kirs |
Ru Name: | Кирс |
Coordinates: | 59.35°N 67°W |
Map Label Position: | top |
Federal Subject: | Kirov Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Verkhnekamsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Kirs |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Verkhnekamsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Kirs |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Verkhnekamsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Kirsinskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Verkhnekamsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Kirsinskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 10420 |
Established Date: | 1729 |
Current Cat Date: | 1965 |
Postal Codes: | 612820, 612823 |
Website: | http://www.kirscity.ru/ |
Kirs (Russian: Кирс) is a town and the administrative center of Verkhnekamsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Kirs River near its confluence with the Vyatka, 281km (175miles) northeast of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was established as a settlement around a cast iron foundry built in 1729. In 1862, the foundry was retrofitted to produce merchant bars. Town status was granted to Kirs in 1965.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kirs serves as the administrative center of Verkhnekamsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with six rural localities, incorporated within Verkhnekamsky District as the Town of Kirs. As a municipal division, the Town of Kirs is incorporated within Verkhnekamsky Municipal District as Kirsinskoye Urban Settlement.[2]