Volchansk

Volchansk Волчанск
Town
A view near Fontannaya Square in Volchansk
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Volchansk
Volchansk Location of Volchansk Volchansk Volchansk (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 59°56′N 60°05′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast
Town status since	1956
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Total	10,010
• Estimate  (2018)	8,722 (−12.9%)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Town of Karpinsk
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Volchansky Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Volchansky Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 )
Postal code(s)	624940, 624941
Dialing code(s)	+7 34383
OKTMO ID	65735000001

Volchansk (Russian: Волча́нск) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volchanka River (a right tributary of the Sosva in the Ob's basin), 452 kilometers (281 mi) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 10,010 (2010 Census); 11,043 (2002 Census); 14,814 (1989 Census).

Geography

The town consists of two parts: Lesnaya Volchanka in the north (or Volchansk proper) and Volchanka in the south.

History

Town status was granted to Volchansk in 1956.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, subordinated to the Town of Karpinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Volchansk, together with two rural localities under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Karpinsk, is incorporated as Volchansky Urban Okrug. Karpinsk and eight other rural localities are incorporated separately as Karpinsk Urban Okrug.

Economy

• factory of consumer goods
• dressing mill
• brickyard
• extraction of brown coal (terminated)
• asphalt plant

Transportation

A tram system started operating in Volchansk on December 31, 1951. The total length of the tram line is about 7 kilometers (4.3 mi).