 It takes its name from a much older settlement, Pelym, Garinsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, which goes back to the 16th century and used to be prominent as a place of exile.A Gazprom office and an airport are located in Pelym.Within the framework of the administrative divisions, Pelym and thirty-seven rural localities are subordinated to the Town of Ivdel—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.