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Zapolyarny Заполярный
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Coordinates: 69°25′N 30°48′E / 69.417°N 30.800°E / 69.417; 30.800
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Murmansk Oblast
Administrative district	Pechengsky District
Founded	1956
Town status since	February 1, 1963
Elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population
• Total	15,835
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)	184430
OKTMO ID	47615103001
Website	www.zapadmin.ru

Zapolyarny (Template:Lang-ru) is a town in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula, 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) south of the Kola Superdeep Borehole project. Population: 18,640 (2002 Census); 23,564 (1989 Soviet census).

The area where the town is located belonged to Finland in 1920–1944. It was founded in 1956 as Zhdanovsk (Жда́новск) and was granted work settlement status and later given its present name.

On February 1, 1963, by the Decree by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, Zapolyarny was elevated in status to that of a town of district significance.

References

Notes

1. ^ Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 56
2. Cite error: The named reference 2010Census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
3. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
4. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
5. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (in Russian). Cite error: The named reference "PopCensus" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
6. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики . 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

• Архивный отдел Администрации Мурманской области. Государственный Архив Мурманской области. (1995). Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920–1993 гг.). Справочник. Мурманск: Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север".

• Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
• Populated places established in 1956