En Name: | Yuryuzan |
Ru Name: | Юрюзань |
Coordinates: | 54.8667°N 84°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Federal Subject: | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Katav-Ivanovsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Yuryuzan |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of: | Town of Yuryuzan |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Katav-Ivanovsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Yuryuzanskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Yuryuzanskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 12571 |
Established Date: | 1758 |
Current Cat Date: | June 18, 1943 |
Postal Codes: | 456120–456122 |
Website: | http://www.yuryuzan.ru/ |
Yuryuzan (Russian: Юрюза́нь) is a town in Katav-Ivanovsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River (left tributary of the Ufa River), 254km (158miles) from Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was established in 1758 as the settlement of Yuryuzan-Ivanovsky Zavod (Russian: Юрюза́нь-Ива́новский Заво́д) to support the construction of an ironworks. Since the end of the 19th century, the settlement is known as Yuryuzansky Zavod (Russian: Юрюза́нский Заво́д). It was granted town status and renamed Yuryuzan on June 18, 1943.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one rural locality (the village of Pervukha), incorporated within Katav-Ivanovsky District as the Town of Yuryuzan.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Yuryuzan is incorporated within Katav-Ivanovsky Municipal District as Yuryuzanskoye Urban Settlement.
Town economy centers around a large plant which produces refrigerators.