| En Name: | Danilov |
| Ru Name: | Данилов |
| Coordinates: | 58.1833°N 50°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Danilov (Yaroslavl oblast) (2007).png |
| Federal Subject: | Yaroslavl Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Danilovsky District |
| Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Danilov |
| Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
| Adm Ctr Of: | town of district significance of Danilov |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun District Jur: | Danilovsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Danilov Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Danilovsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Danilov Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 15861 |
| Established Date: | 1592 |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Current Cat Date: | 1777 |
| Postal Codes: | 152070–152072, 152099 |
| Website: | http://danilovgp.ru/ |
Danilov (Russian: Дани́лов) is a town and the administrative center of Danilovsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Population:
Danilov was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1592 and was granted town status in 1777.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Danilov serves as the administrative center of Danilovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Danilovsky District as the town of district significance of Danilov. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Danilov is incorporated within Danilovsky Municipal District as Danilov Urban Settlement.[2]
There is a cheese producing plant and some other industries.
The town stands on the M8 Highway. There is also a major railway station where locomotives are switched from electrification system DC 3 kV to AC 25 kV and vice versa. Railway lines go to Yaroslavl, Vologda, and Buy.