Rezh (russian: Реж) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
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of
Rezhevsky District
Rezhevsky District (russian: Режевский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Sverdlovsk Oblast As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Rezhevskoy Urban Okrug ...
in
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...
,
Russia
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, located on the river
Rezh (
Ob's
basin), northeast of
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 38,215.
History
It was founded in 1773 as a settlement around a metal works factory. Town status was granted to it in 1943.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Rezh serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Rezhevsky District
Rezhevsky District (russian: Режевский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Sverdlovsk Oblast As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Rezhevskoy Urban Okrug ...
.
As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Rezhevsky District as the
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Rezh.
[Order #120-P] As a
municipal division, the town of Rezh is, together with all thirty
rural localities in Rezhevsky District, incorporated as Rezhevskoy Urban Okrug.
[Law #85-OZ]
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Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Yekaterinburgsky Uyezd