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Vyksa

Vyksa () is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River, southwest of Nizhny Novgorod. Population:

History

Vyksa was founded in 1765 and was granted town status in 1934.

Etymology

From a substrate Finno-Ugric language (cf. 'flow').

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

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