| En Name: | Plyos |
| Ru Name: | Плёс |
| Coordinates: | 57.45°N 71°W |
| Map Label Position: | bottom |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Plyos (Ivanovo oblast) (1779).png |
| Federal Subject: | Ivanovo Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | October 2011 |
| Adm District Jur: | Privolzhsky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun Data As Of: | November 2008 |
| Mun District Jur: | Privolzhsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Plyosskoye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of: | Plyosskoye Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 2340 |
| Established Date: | 1141 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1778 |
| Postal Codes: | 155555 |
| Website: | http://gorodples.ru/ |
| Commonscat: | Plyos |
| Date: | April 2012 |
Plyos (Russian: Плёс) is a town in Privolzhsky District of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, 70km (40miles) northeast of Ivanovo, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Fossils of Early Triassic temnospondyls are known from Plyos. Wetlugasaurus angustifrons and Angusaurus weidenbaumi were found in the Lower Olenekian deposits.[1]
It was founded in 12th century. Some years later the was founded. It was destroyed in 1238 by Mongols.
A border post of the Grand Duchy of Moscow was founded in 1410 by Vasily I.[2] It was granted town status in 1925.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Plyos is subordinated to Privolzhsky District. Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast in December 2010, it used to be incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[3]
As a municipal division, the town of Plyos, together with twenty-three rural localities in Privolzhsky District, is incorporated within Privolzhsky Municipal District as Plyosskoye Urban Settlement.[4]