{{Short description|Town in Tula Oblast, Russia}} <!--{{For|the rural locality of the same name in Tomsk Oblast, Russia|Kireyevsk, Tomsk Oblast}}--> {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Kireyevsk |ru_name=Киреевск |image_skyline=2011-08-25 08-10-11Памятник воинам.jpg |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|53|56|N|37|56|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Kireevsk (Tula oblast) (1990).png |coa_caption= |image_flag= |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=[[Tula Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_district_jur=[[Kireyevsky District]] |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Kireyevsk |adm_selsoviet_type=[[Town of district significance|Town under district jurisdiction]] |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="Note" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Kireyevsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_ctr_of2=Kireyevsk Town Under District Jurisdiction |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|70 228 501}}</ref> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> <!----MUNICIPAL STATUS----> |mun_district_jur=Kireyevsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaOKireyevskyD_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Kireyevsk Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaOKireyevskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Kireyevsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="TulaOKireyevskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Kireyevsk Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="TulaOKireyevskyD_mun" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=25557 |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=second half of<br />the 18th century |established_title=Known since |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1956 |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes=301260–301262 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Kireyevsk''' ({{langx|ru|Кире́евск}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Kireyevsky District]] in [[Tula Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Olen River]], {{convert|40|km|sp=us}} southeast of [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], the administrative center of the [[oblast]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=25,557|p2002=26,284|p1989=30,503}}
==History== It has been known since the second half of the 18th century as the [[Cossacks|Cossack]] village of '''Kireyevskaya''' ({{lang|ru|Кире́евская}}).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} [[Iron ore]] deposits started to be developed in the 19th century. During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] times, the village was granted [[urban-type settlement]] status and renamed '''Kireyevka''' ({{lang|ru|Кире́евка}}).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} It was granted town status and renamed Kireyevsk in 1956.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Kireyevsk serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Kireyevsky District]].<ref name="TulaO_admlaw">Law #954-ZTO</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kireyevsky District as '''Kireyevsk [[Town of district significance|Town Under District Jurisdiction]]'''.<ref name="Note">Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. [[OKATO]] lists the town of Kireyevsk as a part of Kireyevsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district.</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Kireyevsk Town Under District Jurisdiction, together with [[Oktyabrsky Rural Okrug, Kireyevsky District, Tula Oblast|Oktyabrsky Rural Okrug]] of Kireyevsky District (which comprises three [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural localities]]), is incorporated within Kireyevsky Municipal District as '''Kireyevsk Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="TulaOKireyevskyD_mun">Law #559-ZTO</ref>
==References== ===Sources=== {{Reflist}}
===Notes=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|mun|list|kireyevsky}}
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