En Name: | Severouralsk |
Ru Name: | Североуральск |
Coordinates: | 60.15°N 117°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Severouralsk (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | April 2014 |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Severouralsk |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Town of Severouralsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | October 2013 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Severouralsky Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Severouralsky Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 29263 |
Established Date: | 1758 |
Current Cat Date: | 1944 |
Postal Codes: | 624480–624482, 624485, 624486, 624489 |
Dialing Codes: | 34380 |
Website: | http://adm-severouralsk.ru |
Date: | September 2012 |
Severouralsk population | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 29,263 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 34,673 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 36,131 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 32,536 |
Severouralsk (Russian: Североура́льск, lit. (a town) in the Northern Urals) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vagran River (Ob's basin) at its confluence with the Kolonga River, 512km (318miles) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 29,263.
It was founded in 1758 due to the construction of a cast iron and copper-smelting factory. In 1931, the Soviets discovered a large deposit of bauxites in the area, followed by discovery of other deposits. Severouralsk was granted town status in 1944 after a number of surrounding settlements had been integrated into it.
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with eight rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Severouralsk[1] —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the Town of Severouralsk is incorporated as Severouralsky Urban Okrug.[3]
The town is served by the Severouralsk Airport.