Petushki (, lit. ''little roosters'') is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and the

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Petushinsky District Petushinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #159-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center ...

Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir, which is located east of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, the oblast's population was 1,443,693. The UNESCO World Heritage L ...

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, located on the left bank of the

Klyazma River The Klyazma (, ''Klyaz'ma'' or ''Kliazma''), a river in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, forms a left tributary of the Oka.

on the

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

–

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

railway and motorway, west of

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded near

Petushki railway station Petushki () is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Petushki, Vladimir Oblast, a town in Petushinsky District of Vladimir Oblast ;Rural localities *Petushki, Ivanovo Oblast ...

, which was opened in 1861. Town status was granted to it in 1965.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Petushki serves as the

, to which it is directly subordinated.Resolution #433 As a municipal division, the

of Petushki is incorporated within Petushinsky Municipal District as Petushki Urban Settlement.Law #159-OZ

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