Yemva (russian: Е́мва; kv, Емва, ''Jemva'') is a

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and the

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Knyazhpogostsky District Knyazhpogostsky District (russian: Княжпогостский райо́н; kv, Княжпогост район, ''Knjažpogost rajon'') is an administrative district (raion), one of the twelve in the Komi Republic, Russia.Law #13-RZ It is loc ...

of the

Komi Republic The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of the ...

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, located on the

Vym River The Vym (russian: Вымь, ''Vym; Komi: ) is a river in the Komi Republic, Russia. It is a tributary of the Vychegda in the basin of the Northern Dvina. It is long, and its drainage basin covers . Its average discharge is . The Vym has its sou ...

northeast of

Syktyvkar Syktyvkar (, rus, Сыктывка́р, p=sɨktɨfˈkar; kv, Сыктывкар) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the capital of the Syktyvkar Urban Okrug. Until 1930, it was known as U ...

. Population:

History

It was founded as a settlement around the railway station of Knyazhpogost (). It was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status and renamed Zheleznodorozhny (russian: Железнодоро́жный) in 1941. In 1985, it was granted town status and renamed Yemva, which is the local name for the Vym River.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yemva serves as the

.Law #13-RZ As an administrative division, it is, together with nine rural localities, incorporated within Knyazhpogostsky District as Yemva Town of District Significance Administrative Territory. As a municipal division, Yemva Town of District Significance Administrative Territory is incorporated within Knyazhpogostsky Municipal District as Yemva Urban Settlement.Law #11-RZ

Sport

Yemva has a

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club that plays in a recreational league.

References

Sources

* * {{Use mdy dates, date=July 2012 Cities and towns in the Komi Republic Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Yarensky Uyezd