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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Kirov Oblast
- Administrative district
- Verkhnekamsky District
- Town selsoviet
- Kirs
- Elevation
- 160 m (520 ft)
- Total
- 10,420
- Estimate 2021
- 8,520 ( −18.2% )
- Capital of
- Verkhnekamsky District, Town of Kirs
- Municipal district
- Verkhnekamsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Kirsinskoye Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Postal codes
- 612820, 612823
- Website
- www .kirscity .ru
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kirs (Russian: Кирс) is a town and the administrative center of Verkhnekamsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Kirs River near its confluence with the Vyatka, 281 kilometers (175 mi) northeast of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 10,420 (2010 census); 11,786 (2002 census); 14,200 (1989 Soviet census).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kirs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.