Sheksna, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast
Sheksna
Шексна | |
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The Kazan Church in Sheksna | |
Location of Sheksna | |
| Coordinates: 59°13′N 38°30′E / 59.217°N 38.500°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
| Administrative district | Sheksninsky District |
| Founded | 1590 |
| Urban-type settlement status since | 1954 |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,953 |
| • Capital of | Sheksninsky District |
| • Municipal district | Sheksninsky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Sheksninskoye Urban Settlement |
| • Capital of | Sheksninskoye Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code(s) | 162560 |
| OKTMO ID | 19658151051 |
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Sheksna (Russian: Шексна́) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Sheksninsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located along the left bank of the Sheksna River, 83 kilometers (52 mi) from Vologda. Municipally, it is incorporated as Sheksninskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the district. Population: 20,953 (2010 Census); 21,615 (2002 Census); 15,928 (1989 Soviet census).
It was previously known as Nikolskoye (until 1954).