En Name: | Revda |
Ru Name: | Ревда |
Coordinates: | 67.9372°N 34.5594°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Revda (Murmansk oblast) (1992).png |
Federal Subject: | Murmansk Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Lovozersky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Lovozersky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Revda Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 8414 |
Postal Codes Ref: | [1] |
Dialing Codes: | 81538 |
Date: | September 2012 |
Revda (ru|Ревда) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Lovozersky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located 149km (93miles) southeast of Murmansk. Population:
It was founded in 1950 as a loparite ore mining and processing settlement.
To the north of Revda, one of the Russian Alpha transmitters is located.
In 2009, Barents Observer reported that Revda was likely to be closed down and its inhabitants relocated, due to the collapse of the mining industry.[2]