Sheksna
Sheksna is an urban locality and the administrative center of Sheksninsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located along the left bank of the Sheksna River, 83 kilometers from Vologda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 21,200 residents
- Description: human settlement in Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Nikol’skoye” and “Sheksna, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast”
- Address: Шекснинский район, 162560
- Postal code: 162560
Places of Interest
Highlights include Шекснинская ГЭС.
Шекснинская ГЭС
Power station
Photo: Shargin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Шекснинская ГЭС is a power station, which is situated 3½ km north of Sheksna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Progress, Vologda Oblast and Kostinskoye.
Progress, Vologda Oblast
Village
Progress is a rural locality and the administrative center of Nikolskoye Rural Settlement, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 579 as of 2002. There are 7 streets.
Kostinskoye
Hamlet
Kostinskoye is a rural locality in Nikolskoye Rural Settlement, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 123 as of 2002.
Demenskoye
Hamlet
Demenskoye is a rural locality in Nikolskoye Rural Settlement, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 21 as of 2002.
Sheksna
- Categories: work settlement of Russia, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Vologda Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.20695° or 59° 12′ 25″ northLongitude
38.50099° or 38° 30′ 4″ eastPopulation
21,200Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)Open location code
9GFW6G42+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 251710853OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
495062Wikidata ID
Q2094501
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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”
- Veps: “Šeksn”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Администрация Шекснинского района and Sheksna cinema.
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