Sheksna

Sheksna is an urban locality and the administrative center of of , Russia, located along the left bank of the Sheksna River, 83 kilometers from .
  • Town with about 16,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 110 metres (360 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia
  • Address: Шекснинский муниципальный округ, 162560
  • Postal code: 162560
  • Also known as
    “Nikol’skoye”
    “Sheksna, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Шекснинская ГЭС and Церковь Рождества Христова в Запогостье.
is a power station, which is situated 3½ km north of Sheksna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Progress and Kostinskoye.
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Latitude
59.20695° or 59° 12′ 25″ north
Longitude
38.50099° or 38° 30′ 4″ east
Open location code
9GFW6G42+Q9
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Veps—“Sheksna” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Шаксна”
  • Cebuano: “Sheksna”
  • Chechen: “Шексна (Шекснан кӀошт)”
  • Chechen: “Шексна”
  • Chinese: “舍克斯纳”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şeksna (Şeksna rayonı)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Şeksna”
  • Dutch: “Sjeksna”
  • Estonian: “Šeksna”
  • Finnish: “Šeksna”
  • Finnish: “Sheksna”
  • German: “Scheksna”
  • Hungarian: “Sekszna”
  • Italian: “Šeksna”
  • Japanese: “シェクスナ”
  • Norwegian: “Sjeksna”
  • Polish: “Szeksna”
  • Russian: “Шексна (Шекснинский район)”
  • Russian: “Шексна”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شکسنا، روسیه”
  • Spanish: “Sheksná”
  • Tajik: “Шексна”
  • Ukrainian: “Шексна”
  • Urdu: “شیکسنا، شیکسنسکی ضلع، وولوگڈا اوبلاست”
  • Veps: “Šeksn”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as ДОЗ and Малое Митенино.

Vologda Oblast: Highlights

Learn more about Vologda and Cherepovets.
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