Vyksa


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

History

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

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.