Alexandrovsk, Murmansk Oblast

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Alexandrovsk (Russian : Алекса́ндровск) is a closed administrative-territorial formation in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Polyarny. Population: 42,789 (2010 Census).^[1]

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Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 795,409.

History

It was formed on May 28, 2008, when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a presidential decree merging the closed-administrative formations of Polyarny, Skalisty, and Snezhnogorsk into one in order to improve efficiency.^[2]

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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, its status is equal to that of the districts.^[3] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Alexandrovsk Urban Okrug.^[4]

Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, which is located in the northwestern part of the country, occupying mostly the Kola Peninsula. The oblast itself was established on May 28, 1938, but some kind of administrative organization of the territory existed here since at least the 13th century. As of the 2002 Census, Russians account for the majority of the oblast's population, with the indigenous Sami constituting only a 0.20% minority (1,769 people).

Apart from the three towns, the formation includes five rural localities.

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References

Notes

↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service . Retrieved June 29, 2012.
↑ Decree #857
↑ Law #96-01-ZMO
↑ Law #530-01-ZMO

Sources

Мурманская областная Дума. Закон №96-01-ЗМО от 6 января 1998 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Мурманской области», в ред. Закона №1953-01-ЗМО от 24 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Мурманской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Мурманской области"». Опубликован: "Мурманский Вестник", №10, стр. 3, 16 января 1998 г. (Murmansk Oblast Duma. Law #96-01-ZMO of January 6, 1998 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Murmansk Oblast, as amended by the Law #1953-01-ZMO of December 24, 2015 On Amending the Law of Murmansk Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Murmansk Oblast". ).
Мурманская областная Дума. Закон №530-01-ЗМО от 2 декабря 2004 г. «О наделении статусом городского округа закрытых административно-территориальных образований Мурманской области», в ред. Закона №1812-01-ЗМО от 19 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении населённого пункта Мурманской области и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Мурманской области». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Мурманский Вестник", №234, стр. 3, 7 декабря 2004 г. (Murmansk Oblast Duma. Law #530-01-ZMO of December 2, 2004 On Granting Urban Okrug Status to the Closed Administrative-Territorial Formations of Murmansk Oblast, as amended by the Law #1812-01-ZMO of December 19, 2014 On Abolishing an Inhabited Locality in Murmansk Oblast and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of Murmansk Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).
Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №857 от 28 мая 2008 г. «О преобразовании закрытых административно-территориальных образований — города Полярного, города Скалистого и города Снежногорска Мурманской области в закрытое административно-территориальное образование Александровск Мурманской области». Вступил в силу со дня подписания. ( President of the Russian Federation . Decree #857 of May 28, 2008 On the Transformation of the Closed Administrative-Territorial Formations of the Town of Polyarny, Town of Skalisty, and Town of Snezhnogorsk of Murmansk Oblast into the Closed Administrative-Territorial Formation of Alexandrovsk of Murmansk Oblast. Effective as of the date of signing.).

Coordinates: 69°15′00″N33°19′00″E / 69.2500°N 33.3167°E / 69.2500; 33.3167

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[2010Census-1] Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service . Retrieved June 29, 2012.

[Establish-2] Decree #857

[Ref395-3] Law #96-01-ZMO

[Ref813-4] Law #530-01-ZMO

v t e Administrative divisions of Murmansk Oblast
Administrative center: Murmansk
	Administrative districts	Kandalakshsky Kolsky Kovdorsky Lovozersky Pechengsky Tersky
	Closed administrative-territorial formations	Alexandrovsk Ostrovnoy Severomorsk Vidyayevo Zaozyorsk
	Cities and towns (all levels)	Apatity Gadzhiyevo Kandalaksha Kirovsk Kola Kovdor Monchegorsk Murmansk Olenegorsk Ostrovnoy Polyarny Polyarnye Zori Severomorsk Snezhnogorsk Zaozyorsk Zapolyarny
	Urban-type settlements	Kildinstroy Molochny Murmashi Nikel Pechenga Revda Safonovo Tumanny Umba Verkhnetulomsky Zelenoborsky