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Gayny, Perm Krai


Coordinates: 60°18′13″N 54°20′13″E / 60.30361°N 54.33694°E / 60.30361; 54.33694

Gayny (Russian: Гайны; Komi-Permyak: Гайна) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Gaynsky District of Komi-Permyak Okrug in Perm Krai, Russia, located 156 kilometers (97 mi) north from the town of Kudymkar on the right bank of the Kama River. Population: 4,050 (2010 Census);4,507 (2002 Census);4,796 (1989 Census).

It was first mentioned in 1579. This year is considered the official foundation of the settlement. It was granted urban-type settlement status on January 2, 1963, but was demoted back to a rural locality in 1998.

In 1926, it had 263 households and a population of 1,051 (including 1,008 Russians, 39 Komi-Permyaks, and 4 people of others ethnicities).


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