Norilsk Urban District
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Norilsk Urban District
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 Location of the Norilsk Urban District in Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Coordinates: 69°20′00″N 88°13′00″E / 69.33333°N 88.21667°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai[1] |
| Established | July 15, 1953 |
| Administrative center | Norilsk |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Duma |
| • Head | Dmitry Vladimirovich Karasyov |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,509 km2 (1,741 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 176,252 |
| 177,427 | |
| • Density | 39.09/km2 (101.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 100% |
| • Rural | 0% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[4] |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Norilsk Urban Okrug |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 04729000 |
| Website | https://www.norilsk-city.ru/ |
The Norilsk Urban District or Norilsk Urban Okrug (Russian: Город Норильск) is an administrative[1] and municipal city district (okrug), one of the twenty-two in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is enclaved inside the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District. The area of the district is 4,509 square kilometers (1,741 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Norilsk, which accounts for 99.5% of the district's population. The population at the 2021 census was 175,237 inhabitants. Population: 175,237 (2021 census);[6] 176,252 (2010 census);[2] 221,908 (2002 census);[7] 267,609 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1959 | 123,513 | — |
| 1970 | 159,206 | +28.9% |
| 1979 | 234,633 | +47.4% |
| 1989 | 267,609 | +14.1% |
| 2002 | 221,908 | −17.1% |
| 2010 | 176,252 | −20.6% |
| 2021 | 175,237 | −0.6% |
| Source: Censuses[9][10][11][12] | ||
By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR dated July 15, 1953, the working village of Norilsk was transformed into a city of regional subordination with the separation of the Taymyr National Okrug from the Dudinsky District.[13]
From 1935 to 1956, the labor camp Norillag existed in Norilsk.[14]
On November 2, 1956, the villages of Medvezhy, Ugolny, and Kayerkan were classified as working villages.
On January 12, 1965, the workers' villages of Kayerkan, Talnakh and Snezhnogorsk were transferred to the administrative subordination of the Norilsk City Council of Workers' Deputies.[15]
On August 25, 1970, Talnakh was transformed into a district of urban subordination.
On November 4, 1982, Talnakh and Kayerkan were transformed into cities of regional subordination with administrative subordination to the Norilsk City Council of Workers' Deputies.[15]
The boundaries are established by the Law of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of December 27, 2000 N 13-1102 “On establishing the boundaries of the municipal formation of the city of Norilsk”.
The status of an urban district is vested in the Law of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of December 10, 2004 N 12-2697 “On granting the municipality of the city of Norilsk the status of an urban district”.[16]
Government
The head of the district is Dmitry Vladimirovich Karasyov, since January 27, 2021.