Yemva

Also known as Zheleznodorozhnyy

Yemva (; , Jemva) is a town and the administrative center of Knyazhpogostsky District of the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Vym River northeast of Syktyvkar. Population:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Yemva
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Емва
Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1: Емва
Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1: Komi
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Емва с крыши школы №1 - panoramio (1).jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: View of Yemva
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Komi Republic
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Knyazhpogostsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Yemva
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Town of District Significance Administrative Territory

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Yemva (; , Jemva) is a town and the administrative center of Knyazhpogostsky District of the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Vym River northeast of Syktyvkar. Population:

==History== It was founded as a settlement around the railway station of Knyazhpogost (). It was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Zheleznodorozhny () in 1941. In 1985, it was granted town status and renamed Yemva, which is the local name for the Vym River.