Urzhum
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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Kirov Oblast
- Administrative district
- Urzhumsky District
- Town selsoviet
- Urzhum
- Elevation
- 90 m (300 ft)
- Total
- 10,213
- Estimate 2025
- 8,210 ( −19.6% )
- Capital of
- Urzhumsky District, Town of Urzhum
- Municipal district
- Urzhumsky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Urzhumskoye Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Postal codes
- 613530, 613531
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Population
- 8210
- Area
- 10
- Elevation
- 90
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Уржум знак.JPG
- Dialing code
- 83363
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- postal code
- 613530
- topic's main category
- Category:Urzhum
- Commons category
- Urzhum
- inception
- 1584-01-01
- time of earliest written record
- 1501-00-00
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Urzhum (Russian: Уржу́м; Mari: Вӱрзым, Vürzym or Ӱржӱм, Üržüm) is a town and the administrative center of Urzhumsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Urzhumka River about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from its confluence with the Vyatka River. Population: 10,213 (2010 census); 11,514 (2002 census); 12,101 (1989 Soviet census).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Urzhum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.