| En Name: | Volchansk |
| Ru Name: | Волчанск |
| Coordinates: | 59.9333°N 65°W |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Volchansk (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |
| Federal Subject: | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Adm City Jur: | Town of Karpinsk |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Urban Okrug Jur: | Volchansky Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of: | Volchansky Urban Okrug |
| Pop 2010Census: | 10010 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1956 |
| Postal Codes: | 624940, 624941 |
| Dialing Codes: | 34383 |
Volchansk (Russian: Волча́нск) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volchanka River (a right tributary of the Sosva in the Ob's basin), 452km (281miles) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
The town consists of two parts: Lesnaya Volchanka in the north (or Volchansk proper) and Volchanka in the south.
Town status was granted to Volchansk in 1956.[1]
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, subordinated to the Town of Karpinsk[2] —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[3] As a municipal division, Volchansk, together with two rural localities under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk, is incorporated as Volchansky Urban Okrug.[4] Karpinsk and eight other rural localities are incorporated separately as Karpinsk Urban Okrug.
See also: Trams in Volchansk.
A tram system started operating in Volchansk on December 31, 1951. The total length of the tram line is about 7km (04miles).