En Name: | Murashi |
Ru Name: | Мураши |
Coordinates: | 59.4°N 107°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Murashy (Kirov oblast, 1988).png |
Federal Subject: | Kirov Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Murashinsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Murashi |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Murashinsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Murashi |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Murashinsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Murashinskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Murashinsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Murashinskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 6750 |
Established Date: | 1895 |
Current Cat Date: | 1944 |
Postal Codes: | 613710, 613711 |
Murashi (Russian: Мураши́) is a town and the administrative center of Murashinsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located 112km (70miles) northwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast, on the Kirov–Syktyvkar highway. Population:
It was founded in 1895 as a settlement due to the construction of the railway station on the Vyatka–Kotlas railway. It was granted town status in 1944.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Murashi serves as the administrative center of Murashinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated within Murashinsky District as the Town of Murashi. As a municipal division, the Town of Murashi is incorporated within Murashinsky Municipal District as Murashinskoye Urban Settlement.[2]