Insar, Insarsky District, Republic of Mordovia

For other places with the same name, see Insar (inhabited locality).

Insar (Russian: Инса́р; Moksha: Инзара, Inzara; Erzya: Инсар ош, Insar oš) is a town and the administrative center of Insarsky District of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located at the confluence of the Issa and Insarka Rivers, 77 kilometers (48 mi) southwest of Saransk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,687.^[2]

Insar Инсар
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Moksha	Инзара
Coat of arms
Location of Insar
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Coordinates: 53°52′N 44°23′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Mordovia[1]
Administrative district	Insarsky District[1]
Town of district significance	Insar[1]
Founded	1648
Town status since	1958
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	8,687
Administrative status
• Capital of	Insarsky District,[1] town of district significance of Insar[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Insarsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Insar Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Insarsky Municipal District,[3] Insar Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	431430
OKTMO ID	89624101001

Insar population

2010 Census	8,687[2]
2002 Census	8,951[6]
1989 Census	9,275[7]
1979 Census	9,034[8]

History

It was founded in 1648 as a fortress and a posad.^{[citation needed]} Town status was granted to it in 1780; it was demoted to a rural locality in 1926.^{[citation needed]} Town status was re-granted again in 1958.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Insar serves as the administrative center of Insarsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the settlement of Zarya), incorporated within Insarsky District as the town of district significance of Insar.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Insar is incorporated within Insarsky Municipal District as Insar Urban Settlement.^[3]