Zheshart

Zheshart (Russian: Же́шарт; Komi: Зӧвсьӧрт, Zövśört) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Vymsky District of the Komi Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,561.^[2]

Zheshart Жешарт
Urban-type settlement[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Komi	Зӧвсьӧрт
Administration building in Zheshart
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zheshart
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Coordinates: 62°05′N 49°35′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Komi Republic[1]
Administrative district	Ust-Vymsky District[1]
Urban-type settlement administrative territory	Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory[1]
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	8,561
• Estimate  (2024)[3]	6,876
Administrative status
• Capital of	Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Ust-Vymsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Zheshart Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Zheshart Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	169044, 169045
OKTMO ID	87644155051

Zheshart population

2010 Census	8,561[2]
2002 Census	10,029[7]
1989 Census	12,674[8]
1979 Census	11,079[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Zheshart, together with one rural locality (the village of Rimya), is incorporated within Ust-Vymsky District as Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory (an administrative division of the district).^[1] As a municipal division, Zheshart Urban-Type Settlement Administrative Territory is incorporated within Ust-Vymsky Municipal District as Zheshart Urban Settlement.^[4]

Paleontology

Fossils of Early Triassic tetrapods were found near Zheshart. Two species of procolophonid Kapes, K. amaenus and K. komiensis (Macrophon komiensis), are known by skull fragments and part of upper jaw, respectively.^[10] Temnospondyl amphibians Parotosuchus komiensis, Trematosaurus sp. and Batrachosuchoides ochevi are known from the Upper Olenekian deposits of Zheshart.^[11]