Vyksa

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Vyksa
Выкса
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Vyksa
Vyksa (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)
Coordinates: 55°19′N42°10′E / 55.317°N 42.167°E / 55.317; 42.167
Country Russia
Federal subject Nizhny Novgorod Oblast [1]
Founded1765 [2]
Town status since1934 [2]
Elevation
110 m (360 ft)
Population
  Total
56,201
  Rank 292nd in 2010
  Subordinated to town of oblast significance of Vyksa [1]
   Capital oftown of oblast significance of Vyksa [1]
  Urban okrugVyksa Urban Okrug [4]
   Capital ofVyksa Urban Okrug [4]
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg [5] )
Postal code(s) [6]
607030 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
OKTMO ID22715000001
The world's first double curvature diagrid steel gridshell by Vladimir Shukhov (under construction), Vyksa, 1897 Double curvature steel lattice Shell by Shukhov in Vyksa 1897 shell.jpg
The world's first double curvature diagrid steel gridshell by Vladimir Shukhov (under construction), Vyksa, 1897
Shukhov's diagrid hyperboloid tower in Vyksa

Vyksa (Russian : Вы́кса) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River, 186 kilometers (116 mi) southwest of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: 56,201(2010 Census); [3] 61,657(2002 Census); [7] 61,149(1989 Soviet census). [8]

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History

Vyksa was founded in 1765 and was granted town status in 1934. [2]

Etymology

From a substrate Finno-Ugric language (cf. Finnish : vuoksi 'flow'). [9]

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. [1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Vyksa is incorporated as Vyksa Urban Okrug. [4]

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