On November 5 (16), 1761, the first hammer for forging iron was put into operation at the Bisert Ironworks, built by G. A. Demidov. Since that time, the existence of a plant in Bisert began.
Since 1923, Bisert was administratively subordinate to the Yekaterinburg District of the Ural Region. At that time, the Bisert district was formed with the center in the village of Bisert. In 1942, Bisert became a workers' settlement. In 1944-1959 it was the center of the Bisert region. On November 10, 1996, the municipality was included in the state register of municipalities of the Sverdlovsk region.
On July 21, 2004, the Regional Law No. 34-03 “On Establishing the Boundaries of the Bisertskoye Municipal Formation and Giving it the Status of an Urban District” established the boundaries of the municipal formation endowed with the status of an urban district. On June 9, 2005, by the decision of the Duma of the municipal formation Bisertskoye No. 18, the charter of the Bisert city district was approved. Since October 1, 2017, according to the regional law N 35-OZ, the status has been changed from a working settlement to an urban-type settlement[4]
Областная Дума Законодательного Собрания Свердловской области. Закон №85-ОЗ от 12 июля 2007 г. «О границах муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Свердловской области», в ред. Закона №107-ОЗ от 29 октября 2013 г. «Об упразднении отдельных населённых пунктов, расположенных на территории города Ивделя, и о внесении изменений в Приложение 39 к Закону Свердловской области "О границах муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Свердловской области"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Областная газета", №232–249, 17 июля 2007 г. (Oblast Duma of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Law #85-OZ of July 12, 2007 On the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #107-OZ of October 29, 2013 On Abolishing Several Inhabited Localities on the Territory of the Town of Ivdul and on Amending the Law of Sverdlovsk Oblast "On the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication.).