| En Name: | Mokshan |
| Ru Name: | Мокшан |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Federal Subject: | Penza Oblast |
| Adm District Jur: | Mokshansky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 11592 |
Mokshan (Russian: Мокша́н) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Mokshansky District of Penza Oblast, Russia. Population: 10,710 (1900).
It was established in 1566 as a fort to protect the country from the raids of the Tatars and the Kalmyks, and is supposedly located on the site of the Meshcheryak town of Murunza mentioned as early as the 9th century. It was granted town status in 1780 and demoted to rural locality in 1925. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1960.