Velsk
Velsk is a town and the administrative center of Velsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vel River at its confluence with the Vaga River, 545 kilometers south of Arkhangelsk, the administrative center of the oblast.Photo: Ipaat, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 23,000 residents
- Description: town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Bel’sk”, “Vel’sk”, and “Бельск”
- Address: Вельский муниципальный округ
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plesovskaya and Lukinskaya.
Plesovskaya
Village
Plesovskaya is a rural locality in Velsk, Velsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The population was 283 as of 2010. There is 1 street.
Lukinskaya
Village
Lukinskaya is a rural locality in Muravyovskoye Rural Settlement of Velsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,062 as of 2014. There are 12 streets.
Dyukovskaya
Village
Dyukovskaya is a rural locality in Velsk, Velsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The population was 198 as of 2010. There are 2 streets.
Velsk
- Categories: city or town and locality
- Location: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.07127° or 61° 4′ 17″ northLongitude
42.10023° or 42° 6′ 1″ eastPopulation
23,000Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)Open location code
9HH434C2+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 26958524OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
475938Wikidata ID
Q132972
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Velsk” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيلسك”
- Azerbaijani: “Velsk”
- Basque: “Velsk”
- Belarusian: “Вельск”
- Bulgarian: “Велск”
- Catalan: “Velsk”
- Cebuano: “Vel’sk”
- Chinese: “Velsk”
- Chinese: “韋利斯克”
- Chinese: “韦利斯克”
- Crimean Tatar: “Velsk”
- Czech: “Velsk”
- Czech: “Vělsk”
- Danish: “Velsk”
- Dimli (individual language): “Velsk”
- Dutch: “Velsk”
- Erzya: “Вельской”
- Esperanto: “Velsk”
- Estonian: “Velsk”
- Finnish: “Velsk”
- French: “Velsk”
- German: “Welsk”
- Hebrew: “ולסק”
- Hungarian: “Velszk”
- Italian: “Vel’sk”
- Japanese: “ヴェリスク”
- Japanese: “ヴェルスク”
- Komi: “Вельск”
- Latvian: “Veļska”
- Lithuanian: “Velskas”
- Luxembourgish: “Welsk”
- Macedonian: “Велск”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Velsk”
- Moksha: “Вельск”
- Northern Frisian: “Welsk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Velsk”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Velsk”
- Norwegian: “Velsk”
- Ossetian: “Вельск”
- Persian: “ولسک”
- Polish: “Wielsk”
- Russian: “Вельск”
- Serbian: “Вељск”
- Silesian: “Wjelsk”
- South Azerbaijani: “ولسک”
- Spanish: “Velsk”
- Swedish: “Velsk”
- Tagalog: “Velsk”
- Tajik: “Велск”
- Talysh: “Velsk”
- Tatar: “Велск”
- Tatar: “Вельск”
- Turkish: “Velsk”
- Ukrainian: “Вельськ”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wjelsk”
- Veps: “Vel’sk”
- Waray (Philippines): “Velsk”
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