Sysert () is a town and the administrative center of Sysertsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sysert River (Ob basin, right tributary of the Iset), south of Yekaterinburg. Population:
History It was founded in either 1732 or in 1773 and was called Sysertsky Zavod () until 1932. Town status was granted to it in 1946.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sysert serves as the administrative center of Sysertsky District and is subordinated to it. As a municipal division, the town of Sysert together with thirty-seven rural localities in Sysertsky District is incorporated as Sysertsky Urban Okrug.OKATO lists two towns and thirty-nine rural localities in Sysertsky District. The town of Sysert and thirty-seven rural localities are listed as a part of Sysertsky Urban Okrug in Law #85-OZ.
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