Yemva

Yemva

Yemva ( _ru. Емва) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Vym River 130 km north-east of Syktyvkar. Population: 16,739 (2002 Census); 18,782 (1989 Census).

It was founded as a settlement around the railway station of Knyazhpogost ( _ru. Княжпогост), which opened in 1942. It was granted status of urban-type settlement and renamed Zheleznodorozhny ( _ru. Железнодорожный) in 1941. In 1985, it was granted town status and renamed Yemva—local name of the Vym River.


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