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Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai

Town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia


Summary

Town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia

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en_nameBelorechensk
ru_nameБелореченск
image_skylineЦентральная площадь. Фото Виктора Белоусова. - panoramio (5).jpg
image_captionCentral Square in Belorechensk
coordinates
map_label_positionbottom
image_coaBelorechensk_(Krasnodar_krai),_coat_of_arms.png
image_flagFlag of Belorechensk (Krasnodar krai).png
federal_subjectKrasnodar Krai
federal_subject_ref
adm_city_jurTown of Belorechensk
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adm_ctr_of1Town of Belorechensk
adm_ctr_of1_ref
adm_ctr_of2Belorechensky District
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inhabloc_catTown
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mun_district_jurBelorechensky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jurBelorechenskoye Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1Belorechensky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2Belorechenskoye Urban Settlement
mun_admctr_of2_ref
pop_2010census53892
pop_2010census_rank306th
pop_2010census_ref
established_date1862
established_date_ref
current_cat_date1958
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websitehttp://www.gorodbelorechensk.ru/

Belorechensk () is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Belaya River, from which it takes its name. It forms the municipal formation Belorechenskoye urban settlement, as the only locality in its composition. Population: 51,590 (2020),

History

It was established as a Cossack settlement in 1862. Town status was granted to it in 1958. During the Soviet period, a corrective labor camp was located here. Belorechensk-White Rechensk was briefly occupied by Germany in the Second World War.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belorechensk serves as the administrative center of Belorechensky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the territory of Yuzhny Rural Okrug (which comprises three rural localities), incorporated separately as the Town of Belorechensk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of Belorechensk is incorporated within Belorechensky Municipal District as Belorechenskoye Urban Settlement. Yuzhny Rural Okrug is incorporated within Belorechensky Municipal District as Yuzhnenskoye Rural Settlement.

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References

  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  2. Belorechenskaya // Dictionary of Britannica: in 86 volumes (82 tons and 4 additional) - St. Petersburg, 1890-1907.
  3. "General Information".
  4. Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03
  5. Law #767-KZ
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