Norilsk

city in Russia
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Summary

Norilsk is a city or town[1]. Norilsk ranks in the top 0.58% of city or town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,592 views/month, #4 of 686).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Norilsk Urban Okrug[3]
  • Country: Russia[4], Soviet Union[5]
  • Instance of: closed city[6], big city[7]
  • Flag: flag of Norilsk[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Krasnoyarsk[9]
  • Postal code: 663300–663341[10]
  • Commons category: Norilsk[11]
  • Local dialing code: 3919[12]
  • Inception: January 1, 1935[13]
  • Coordinate location: 69.333333333333, 88.216666666667[14]
  • Official website: http://www.norilsk-city.ru[15], https://норильск.рф/[16], https://visit-norilsk.ru/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Norilsk[18]
  • Population: 13,887[19], 30,500[20], 77,000[21], 74,000[22], 82,000[23], 96,000[24], 118,300[25], 107,000[26], 109,442[27], 110,000[28], 117,000[29], 129,000[30], 135,487[31], 150,000[32]

Why It Matters

Norilsk has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Norilsk is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Vladislav Khebnikov · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ria novosti reference → 2113820060
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Ria novosti reference: 2113820060"
  2. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → norilsk
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49170|batch #49170]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 13w ago · GaryMan1968 · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.norilsk-city.ru, https://норильск.рф/, https://visit-norilsk.ru/
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Viaf cluster id: 246286177"
  4. 14w ago · Gelli1742 · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Country → —
    Population → {'amount': '+13887'}, {'amount': '+30500'}, {'amount': '+77000'} +55
    Coordinates → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: http://www.norilsk-city.ru"
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