Editing Asbest (section)

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of the administrative divisions]], it is, together with the [[urban-type settlement|work settlements]] of [[Malysheva, Sverdlovsk Oblast|Malysheva]] and [[Reftinsky]] and five [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural localities]], incorporated as the '''[[City of federal subject significance|Town]] of Asbest'''<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|65 409}}</ref>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Sverdlovsk Oblast|districts]].<ref name="SverdlovskO_adm">Law #30-OZ</ref>

As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Asbest and two rural localities are incorporated as '''Asbestovsky Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun">Law #85-OZ</ref> The urban-type settlement of Malysheva, together with three other rural localities, is incorporated separately as Malyshevsky Urban Okrug, and the urban-type settlement of Reftinsky is incorporated separately as Reftinsky Urban Okrug.<ref name="SverdlovskO_mun" />