Shakhunya (russian: Шахунья) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localiti ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, located on the
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
–
Kirov railway, northeast of Nizhny Novgorod. Population:
History
It was founded as a settlement around the Shakhunya railway station, which was opened in 1927. It was granted
work settlement status in 1938 and town status in 1943.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with 2
work settlements and 136 rural localities, incorporated as the
town of oblast significance of Shakhunya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
.
[Law #184-Z] As a
municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Shakhunya is incorporated as Shakhunya Urban Okrug.
[Law #153-Z]
References
Notes
Sources
*
*
{{Authority control
Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union