Volchansk
Volchansk
Волчанск | |
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A view near Fontannaya Square in Volchansk | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Interactive map of Volchansk | |
Volchansk Location of Volchansk Volchansk Volchansk (Sverdlovsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 59°56′N 60°05′E / 59.933°N 60.083°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Founded | 1850 |
| Town status since | 1956 |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,010 |
• Estimate (2025) | 8,304 (−17%) |
| • Subordinated to | Town of Karpinsk |
| • Urban okrug | Volchansky Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Volchansky Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 ) |
| Postal codes | 624940, 624941 |
| Dialing code | +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 Soviet census).
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1959 | 25,031 | — |
| 1970 | 18,257 | −27.1% |
| 1979 | 14,819 | −18.8% |
| 1989 | 14,814 | −0.0% |
| 2002 | 11,043 | −25.5% |
| 2010 | 10,010 | −9.4% |
| 2021 | 8,573 | −14.4% |
| Source: Censuses | ||