Vyartsilya

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For the former municipality in Finland, see Värtsilä, Finland.
Vyartsilya (English)
Вяртсиля (Russian)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Map of Russia - Republic of Karelia (2008-03).svg
Location of the Republic of Karelia in Russia
Vyartsilya is located in Karelia
Vyartsilya
Vyartsilya
Location of Vyartsilya in the Republic of Karelia
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Administrative status (as of 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Karelia[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Sortavala[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2013)
Municipal district Sortavalsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Vyartsilskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Vyartsilskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 3,080 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Urban-type settlement status since 1946[citation needed]
Postal code(s)[6] 186757
[[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Vyartsilya]] on Wikimedia Commons
Vyartsilya population
2010 Census 3,080[4]
2002 Census 3,230[7]
1989 Census 2,915[8]
1979 Census 2,935[9]

Vyartsilya (Russian: Вя́ртсиля; Finnish: Värtsilä) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Sortavala in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located near the border with Finland, 256 kilometers (159 mi) west of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,080.[4]

History

Before World War II, Värtsilä belonged to Finland. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1946.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Vyartsilya is subordinated to the town of republic significance of Sortavala.[1] As a municipal division, Vyartsilya is incorporated within Sortavalsky Municipal District[2] as Vyartsilskoye Urban Settlement.[3]

Border crossing

Vyartsilya is a major border checkpoint on the Finnish–Russian border, with about one million people crossing the border annually. It is said[by whom?] that during the Cold War, from time to time, exchanges of captured spies occurred there.

Tourism

An international tourist route, Blue Highway, goes through Vyartsilya. The Blue Highway goes through four countries from Mo i Rana, Norway, via Sweden and Finland to Pudozh in Russia.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 86 410 560», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 86 410 560, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 86 610». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 86 610. ).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Law #813-ZRK
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Sources

  • Законодательное Собрание Республики Карелия. Закон №813-ЗРК от 1 ноября 2004 г. «О городских, сельских поселениях в Республике Карелия», в ред. Закона №1694-ЗРK от 2 апреля 2013 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований "Нюхчинское сельское поселение" и "Сумпосадское сельское поселение" Беломорского муниципального района и внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Карелия». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: газета "Карелия", №124, 126, 129, 132, 135, 136, 139, 4 ноября — 9 декабря 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia. Law #813-ZRK of November 1, 2004 On the Urban, Rural Settlements in the Republic of Karelia, as amended by the Law #1694-ZRK of April 2, 2013 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations of "Nyukhchinskoye Rural Settlement" and "Sumposadskoye Rural Settlement" of Belomorsky Municipal District of the Republic of Karelia and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Karelia. Effective as of the day which is ten days after the day of the official publication.).
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