Vyksa

{{Short description|Town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia}}

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File:Double curvature steel lattice Shell by Shukhov in Vyksa 1897 shell.jpg steel gridshell by Vladimir Shukhov (under construction), Vyksa, 1897]]

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Vyksa ({{langx|ru|Вы́кса}}) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River, {{convert|186|km|sp=us}} southwest of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=56,201|p2002=61,657|p1989=61,149}}

History

Vyksa was founded in 1765 and was granted town status in 1934.{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|pages=96}}

Etymology

From a substrate Finno-Ugric language (cf. {{langx|fi|vuoksi}} 'flow').{{cite book|author=Л. Трубе|title=Как возникли географические названия Горьковской области|year=1962|location=Gorky|page=102}}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four work settlements and forty-three rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Vyksa—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #184-Z As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Vyksa is incorporated as Vyksa Urban Okrug.Law #51-Z

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  • {{RussiaAdmMunRef|niz|mun|list|vyksa}}