{{short description|Town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia}} {{For|the town in Ukraine alternatively known as "Volchansk" in Russian|Vovchansk}}
{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Volchansk |ru_name=Волчанск |image_skyline=Volchansk, Sverdlovsk Oblast.JPG |image_caption=A view near Fontannaya Square in Volchansk |coordinates = {{coord|59|56|N|60|05|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Volchansk (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Volchansk (Sverdlovsk oblast).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Sverdlovsk Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist" /> |adm_city_jur=Town of Karpinsk |adm_city_jur_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist" /> |urban_okrug_jur=Volchansky Urban Okrug |urban_okrug_jur_ref=<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of=Volchansky Urban Okrug |mun_admctr_of_ref=<ref name="OKTMO">{{OKTMO reference|65 735}}</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=10010 |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= |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1956 |current_cat_date_ref=<ref name="gr" /> |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=624940, 624941 |dialing_codes=34383 |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Volchansk''' ({{langx|ru|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), {{convert|452|km|sp=us}} north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=10,010|p2002=11,043|p1989=14,814}}{{historical populations|1959|25031|1970|18257|1979|14819|1989|14814|2002|11043|2010|10010|2021|8573|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web|title=(USSR) Urban population of the union republics, and their territorial units|url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/census.php}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls | title = Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года. Том. 1, таблица 4. Численность населения России, федеральных округов, субъектов Российской Федерации, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов - райцентров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120203125040/http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls | url-status = dead | archivedate = 2012-02-03 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url = http://krasstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/krasstat/resources/20d7bd804eba60379580f5263284271d/1.10.xlsx | title = Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Итоги по Красноярскому краю. 1.10 Численность населения гор.округов, мун.районов, гор. и сел. поселе | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222093629/http://krasstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/krasstat/resources/20d7bd804eba60379580f5263284271d/1.10.xlsx | url-status = dead | archivedate = 2015-12-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx | title = Таблица 5. Численность населения России, федеральных округов, субъектов Российской Федерации, городских округов, муниципальных районов, муниципальных округов, городских и сельских поселений, городских населенных пунктов, сельских населенных пунктов с населением 3000 человек и более - Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2021 года | accessdate = 2021-10-01 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20220901194902/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx | url-status = dead | archivedate = 2022-09-01 }}</ref>}}
==Geography== The town consists of two parts: Lesnaya Volchanka in the north (or Volchansk proper) and Volchanka in the south.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}
==History== Town status was granted to Volchansk in 1956.<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|pages=91}}</ref>
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, subordinated to the '''Town of Karpinsk'''<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist">Order #120-P</ref>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="SverdlovskO_admlaw">Law #30-OZ</ref> 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'''.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun">Law #85-OZ</ref><ref name="SverdlovskO_admlist" /> Karpinsk and eight other rural localities are incorporated separately as Karpinsk Urban Okrug.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun" />
==Economy== *factory of consumer goods *dressing mill *brickyard *extraction of brown coal (terminated) *asphalt plant
===Transportation=== {{See also|Trams in Volchansk}}
A tram system started operating in Volchansk on December 31, 1951. The total length of the tram line is about {{convert|7|km|sp=us}}.
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sve|adm|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sve|mun|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|sve|adm|law}}
{{Sverdlovsk Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2012}}
Category:Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast Category:Monotowns in Russia