Coat of arms Flag Town Rezh Local time Wednesday 7:54 AM | Administrative district Rezhevsky District Area 33 km² | |
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Administrative center of Rezhevsky District, town of Rezh Weather -1°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 78% Humidity Points of interest Rezhevskoy Istoricheskiy Muzey, Pamyatnik Zhertv Massovyk, Pamyatnik Rezhevskim Umeltsam, Monument Trudovoy I Boyevoy | ||
Rezh (Russian: Реж) is a town and the administrative center of Rezhevsky District in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Rezh River (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.
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Map of Rezh, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
History
It was founded in 1773 as a settlement around a metal works factory. Town status was granted to it in 1943.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rezh serves as the administrative center of Rezhevsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Rezhevsky District as the Town of Rezh. As a municipal division, the town of Rezh is, together with all thirty rural localities in Rezhevsky District, incorporated as Rezhevskoy Urban Okrug.