Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast

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Zheleznogorsk (Russian: Железного́рск) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located some 130 km northwest of Kursk. Population: 96,200 (2005 est.); 95,558 (2002 Census).

Zheleznogorsk was founded in 1957 due to the development of iron ore deposits in the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly. It was granted town status in 1962.

	Cities and towns in Kursk Oblast
	Administrative center: Kursk Dmitriyev-Lgovsky \| Fatezh \| Kurchatov \| Lgov \| Oboyan \| Rylsk \| Shchigry \| Sudzha \| Zheleznogorsk