Coat of arms Flag Town Novaya Lyalya Local time Monday 5:05 PM | Area 20 km² | |
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Novaya Lyalya (Russian: Но́вая Ля́ля) is a town and the administrative center of Novolyalinsky District in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Lyalya River, 306 kilometers (190 mi) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 12,734 (2010 Census); 14,584 (2002 Census); 15,681 (1989 Census).
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Map of Novaya Lyalya, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
History
It was founded in 1723 as a settlement around a copper-melting plant (which closed by 1744). It was granted town status in 1938.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novaya Lyalya serves as the administrative center of Novolyalinsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated within Novolyalinsky District as the Town of Novaya Lyalya. As a municipal division, the town of Novaya Lyalya together with sixteen rural localities in Novolyalinsky District are incorporated as Novolyalinsky Urban Okrug.