Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Kirov Oblast
- Administrative district
- Orlovsky District
- Town selsoviet
- Orlov
- Elevation
- 120 m (390 ft)
- Total
- 6,959
- Estimate 2021
- 5,508 ( −20.9% )
- Capital of
- Orlovsky District, Town of Orlov
- Municipal district
- Orlovsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Orlovskoye Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
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Encyclopedic overview
Orlov (Russian: Орло́в) is a town and the administrative center of Orlovsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River, 75 kilometers (47 mi) west of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 6,959 (2010 census); 8,596 (2002 census); 10,296 (1989 Soviet census).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orlov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.