| En Name: | Omutninsk |
| Ru Name: | Омутнинск |
| Coordinates: | 58.6667°N 63°W |
| Map Label Position: | top |
| Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Omutninsk.png |
| Federal Subject: | Kirov Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Omutninsky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Omutninsk |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Omutninsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Omutninsk |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Omutninsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Omutninskoye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Omutninsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Omutninskoye Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 23615 |
| Established Date: | 1773 |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Current Cat Date: | 1921 |
| Postal Codes: | 612740–612744, 612749 |
| Website: | http://omutninsk-adm.ru/ |
Omutninsk (ru|Омутни́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Omutninsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia. Population:
It was first mentioned in 1773; town status was granted to it in 1921.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Omutninsk serves as the administrative center of Omutninsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated within Omutninsky District as the Town of Omutninsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Omutninsk is incorporated within Omutninsky Municipal District as Omutninskoye Urban Settlement.[2]
The Institute of Applied Biochemistry is situated near Omutninsk. According to Dr. Ken Alibek, a biological warfare expert, it was (and possibly still is) a combined pesticide production facility and reserve biological weapons production plant that could be activated in time of war.