Volchansk

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title: "Volchansk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-sverdlovsk-oblast", "monotowns-in-russia"] description: "Town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volchansk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian inhabited locality"]

Field	Value
en_name	Volchansk
ru_name	Волчанск
image_skyline	Volchansk, Sverdlovsk Oblast.JPG
image_caption	A view near Fontannaya Square in Volchansk
coordinates
map_label_position	right
image_coa	Coat of Arms of Volchansk (Sverdlovsk oblast).png
image_flag	Flag of Volchansk (Sverdlovsk oblast).png
federal_subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast
federal_subject_ref
adm_city_jur	Town of Karpinsk
adm_city_jur_ref
inhabloc_cat	Town
inhabloc_cat_ref
urban_okrug_jur	Volchansky Urban Okrug
urban_okrug_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of	Volchansky Urban Okrug
mun_admctr_of_ref
pop_2010census	10010
pop_2010census_ref
current_cat_date	1956
current_cat_date_ref
postal_codes	624940, 624941
dialing_codes	34383
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Geography

The town consists of two parts: Lesnaya Volchanka in the north (or Volchansk proper) and Volchanka in the south.

History

Town status was granted to Volchansk in 1956.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, subordinated to the Town of Karpinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Volchansk, together with two rural localities under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk, is incorporated as Volchansky Urban Okrug. Karpinsk and eight other rural localities are incorporated separately as Karpinsk Urban Okrug.

Economy

• factory of consumer goods
• dressing mill
• brickyard
• extraction of brown coal (terminated)
• asphalt plant

Transportation

A tram system started operating in Volchansk on December 31, 1951. The total length of the tram line is about 7 km.

References

Notes

Sources

References

1. {{OKTMO reference. 65 735
2. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
3. "(USSR) Urban population of the union republics, and their territorial units".
4. "Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года. Том. 1, таблица 4. Численность населения России, федеральных округов, субъектов Российской Федерации, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов - райцентров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более".
5. "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Итоги по Красноярскому краю. 1.10 Численность населения гор.округов, мун.районов, гор. и сел. поселе".
6. "Таблица 5. Численность населения России, федеральных округов, субъектов Российской Федерации, городских округов, муниципальных районов, муниципальных округов, городских и сельских поселений, городских населенных пунктов, сельских населенных пунктов с населением 3000 человек и более - Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2021 года".
7. (2003). "Энциклопедия Города России". Большая Российская Энциклопедия.
8. Order #120-P
9. Law #30-OZ
10. Law #85-OZ

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