Potma (russian: По́тьма; mdf, Потма) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in

Zubovo-Polyansky District Zubovo-Polyansky District (russian: Зу́бово-Поля́нский райо́н; mdf, Зубунь аймак, ''Zubuń ajmak''; myv, Пейкужо буе, ''Pejkužo buje'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Ar ...

of the

Republic of Mordovia The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

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. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,171.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the work settlement of Potma, together with one

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(the settlement of Pruzhanskoye lesnichestvo), is incorporated within

as Potma Work Settlement (an administrative division of the district).Law #7-Z As a municipal division, Potma Work Settlement is incorporated within Zubovo-Polyansky Municipal District as Potminskoye Urban Settlement.Law #12-Z

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=September 2015 Urban-type settlements in Mordovia Zubovo-Polyansky District __NOTOC__