Omutninsk

Omutninsk (Russian Омутнинск ) is a town in Kirov Oblast (Russia) with 23 615 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 190 km east of the Oblasthauptstadt Kirov at the mouth of Omutnaja in the Vyatka, a right tributary of the Kama.

Omutninsk is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The village was founded in 1773 in connection with the construction of an iron foundry under the name Ossokino after the family name of the founder Colonel Osokin. Later, however, the name Omutninski Sawod a naturalized after the river. 1921 was the place under the present name of a town.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1926 rounded)

Vehicle registration plates of Russia OKATO Vyatka River Kama River Raion Belaya Kholunitsa Yaransk Kirs, Russia Luza, Luzsky District, Kirov Oblast Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast Murashi, Kirov Oblast Nolinsk Orlov, Kirov Oblast Slobodskoy, Kirov Oblast Sosnovka, Kirov Oblast Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast Zuyevka, Kirov Oblast Urzhum, Urzhumsky District, Kirov Oblast Vyatskiye Polyany
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