Rezh

For the river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, see Rezh (river).

Rezh (Russian: Реж) is a town and the administrative center of Rezhevsky District in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the river Rezh (Ob's basin), 83 kilometers (52 mi) northeast of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 38,215.^[2]

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Coordinates: 57°22′N 61°22′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Rezhevsky District[1]
Town	Rezh[1]
Founded	1773
Town status since	1943
Elevation	190 m (620 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	38,215
Administrative status
• Capital of	Rezhevsky District,[3] town of Rezh
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Rezhevskoy Urban Okrug[4][1]
• Capital of	Rezhevskoy Urban Okrug[5]
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [6])
Postal code[7]	623750–623753, 623759
OKTMO ID	65720000001
Website	rezhevskoy.midural.ru

Rezh population

2010 Census	38,215[2]
2002 Census	39,881[8]
1989 Census	43,429[9]
1979 Census	37,905[10]

History

It was founded in 1773 as a settlement around a metal works factory.^{[citation needed]} Town status was granted to it in 1943.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rezh serves as the administrative center of Rezhevsky District.^[3] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Rezhevsky District as the Town of Rezh.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of Rezh is, together with all thirty rural localities in Rezhevsky District, incorporated as Rezhevskoy Urban Okrug.^[4][1]