Kirs (russian: Кирс) is a

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and the

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Verkhnekamsky District Verkhnekamsky District (russian: Верхнека́мский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. T ...

Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census). Geography Na ...

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, located on the Kirs River near its

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with the Vyatka, northeast of Kirov, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was established as a settlement around a

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built in 1729. In 1862, the foundry was retrofitted to produce

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s. Town status was granted to Kirs in 1965.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kirs serves as the

.Law #203-ZO As an administrative division, it is, together with six rural localities, incorporated within Verkhnekamsky District as the

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of Kirs. As a municipal division, the Town of Kirs is incorporated within Verkhnekamsky Municipal District as Kirsinskoye Urban Settlement.Law #284-ZO

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Cities and towns in Kirov Oblast 1729 establishments in the Russian Empire Monotowns in Russia Slobodskoy Uyezd Verkhnekamsky District