Decree of April 22, 1991. A part of the territory in jurisdiction of Apatity was also transferred to Polyarnye Zori by the Decision of the Presidium of the Murmansk Oblast Soviet of People's Deputies of May 16, 1991. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as Apatity Town with Jurisdictional Territory—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Apatity Town with Jurisdictional Territory is incorporated as Apatity Urban Okrug'''. Economy The main employer of Apatity is JSC "Apatit", the largest mining and concentrating enterprise in Europe and Russia. Other employers include the Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Science and various state and private enterprises. The joint civilian-military Kirovsk-Apatity Airport is located southeast of the town. Demographic evolution 1939: 4,000 1959: 15,200 1970: 45,600 1989: 2002: 2010: Museums Museum of Investigation and Development History of the European North of Russia (International Cultural Center of KSC RAS); Museum of regional studies and history (municipal); Geological museum (KSC RAS); Mineralogical museum (The Institute of Geology KSC RAS) Notable people Larisa Arap, psikhushka whistleblower Maxim Kononenko, journalist Andrey Malakhov, television personality Fedor Fedorov (ice hockey), ice hockey forward International relations Twin towns and sister cities Apatity is twinned with: Alta, Norway Boden Municipality, Sweden Keminmaa, Finland References Notes Sources External links Official website of Apatity Directory of organizations in Apatity Cities and towns in Murmansk Oblast Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1930 Populated places of Arctic Russia 1935 establishments in the Soviet Union