Komarovsky (russian: Комаро́вский) is a
closed rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
[Law #1370/276-IV-OZ] (a settlement)
in
Orenburg Oblast,
Russia
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. Population:
History
Komarovsky 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 in 1994. However, the law on the administrative-territorial division of Orenburg Oblast, passed in July 2007 and currently in effect, no longer provides for such a status, making the settlement classified as rural.
Nevertheless, some of the more recent sources, such as, for example, the results of the 2010 Census, continue listing Komarovsky under the urban-type settlement designation.
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 Komarovsky—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts.
[Resolution #4-p] As a
municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Komarovsky is incorporated as Komarovsky Urban Okrug.
[Law #2367/495-IV-OZ]
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Rural localities in Orenburg Oblast
Closed cities