Barentsburg
Barentsburg | |
|---|---|
Russian coal mining settlement | |
The town from above | |
| Coordinates: 78°04′0″N 14°13′0″E / 78.06667°N 14.21667°E | |
| Sovereign state | Norway |
| Syssel | Svalbard |
| Island | Spitsbergen |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 455 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9178 |
Barentsburg (Russian: Баренцбург) is the second-largest settlement in Svalbard, Norway, with about 455 inhabitants (2020). A coal mining town, the settlement was almost entirely made up of Russian.