Solnechny (russian: Со́лнечный) is a
closed urban locality (a
settlement
Settlement may refer to:
*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
* Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fin ...
) in
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Si ...
,
Russia
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. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 10,384.
History
It was established as a
work settlement on October 19, 1965
[Charter of Solnechny, Article 1] and was alternatively known as Uzhur-4 ().
[Official website of Solnechny]
About the Settlement
It was officially recognized as a closed settlement on July 14, 1992.
It was municipally incorporated as an
urban okrug on October 6, 2003.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the
closed administrative-territorial formation
A closed city or closed town is a settlement where travel or residency restrictions are applied so that specific authorization is required to visit or remain overnight. Such places may be sensitive military establishments or secret research ins ...
of Solnechny—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts.
[Law #10-4765] As a
municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Solnechny is incorporated as Solnechny Urban Okrug.
[Law #14-3412]
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Urban-type settlements in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Populated places established in 1965