Shalya (urban-type settlement)
Work settlement in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Shalya (Russian: Шаля) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Shalinsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 6,433 (2010 census);[3] 6,801 (2002 census);[7] 7,123 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Shalya
Шаля | |
|---|---|
Work settlement[1] | |
![]() Interactive map of Shalya | |
| Coordinates: 57°15′03″N 58°44′15″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Shalinsky District[1] |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1942[2] |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,433 |
• Estimate (2025) | 5,970 (−7.2%) |
| • Capital of | Shalinsky District[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Shalinsky Urban Okrug[4] |
| • Capital of | Shalinsky Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 |
| Postal code[6] | |
| OKTMO ID | 65727000051 |
| Website | www |
History
Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942.[2]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shalya serves as the administrative center of Shalinsky District[1] and is subordinated to it.[9] As a municipal division, the work settlement of Shalya together with thirty-eight rural localities in Shalinsky District is incorporated as Shalinsky Urban Okrug.[10]
