{{Short description|Town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Amursk |ru_name=Амурск |image_skyline=Амурск, 2015 год ф1.JPG |image_caption=Amursk (2015) |coordinates = {{coord|50|13|N|136|54|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=left |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Amursk (Khabarovsk krai) 2011.png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Amursk (Khabarovsk kray).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Khabarovsk Krai |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="KhabarovskK_admlist">Resolution #143-pr, Article 3</ref> |adm_city_jur=town of krai significance of Amursk |adm_city_jur_ref=<ref name="KhabarovskK_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of1=town of krai significance of Amursk |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="OKATO1">{{OKATOReference|08 403}}</ref> |adm_ctr_of2=Amursky District |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATOReference|08 203}}</ref> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="KhabarovskK_admlist" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Amursky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="KhabarovskK_mun1">Law #191</ref> |urban_settlement_jur=Amursk Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="KhabarovskK_mun1" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Amursky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="KhabarovskK_mun3">Law #264</ref> |mun_admctr_of2=Amursk Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref= |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=42970 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=June 19, 1958 |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="gr" /> |current_cat_date=1973 |current_cat_date_ref= |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=682640–682642 |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes=42142 |dialing_codes_ref= |website=http://www.amursk.khv.ru/ }}
'''Amursk''' ({{langx|ru|Аму́рск}}) is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the left bank of the Amur River {{convert|45|km|sp=us}} south of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The population as of 2024 is 37,501 people.<ref name="rosstat.gov.ru">{{cite web |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%A1hisl_MO_01-01-2024.xlsx |title=Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2024 года |website=rosstat.gov.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
==History== It was founded as an urban-type settlement on June 19, 1958,<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=20}}</ref> in connection with the construction of a pulp mill near the Nanai settlement ''Padali''. Town status was granted to it in 1973.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Amursk serves as the administrative center of Amursky District,<ref name="OKATO" /> even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="KhabarovskK_admlist" /> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the '''town of krai significance of Amursk'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="KhabarovskK_admlist" /> As a municipal division, Amursk is incorporated within Amursky Municipal District as '''Amursk Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="KhabarovskK_mun1" />
==Demographics== The population grew from 3,500 in 1959 to a high point of 58,395 inhabitants in 1989. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the population trend reversed.
==Economy== In addition to the cellulose and paper mill, there is chemical production and timber production conducted in and near the town, as well as some machinery production.
===Transportation=== There is a goods railway to the town, connecting to the Khabarovsk-Komsomolsk-Dzemgi line at the station of ''Mylki''. There is also a road connection to Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kha|adm|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kha|mun|list1}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kha|mun|list3}}
==External links== *[http://www.amursk.ru Official website of Amursk] *[https://amursk.jsprav.ru/ Directory of organizations in Amursk] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Khabarovsk Krai}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Khabarovsk Krai Category:Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Category:Populated places established in 1958 Category:1958 establishments in the Soviet Union