En Name: | Uren |
Ru Name: | Урень |
Coordinates: | 57.45°N 92°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Urensky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Uren |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Urensky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Uren |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Urensky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Uren Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Uren Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Uren Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 12304 |
Established Date: | 1719 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Current Cat Date: | 1973 |
Postal Codes: | 606800, 606803 |
Uren (Russian: Уре́нь) is a town and the administrative center of Urensky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Usta River (Volga's basin), 183km (114miles) northeast of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. It has population:
It was first mentioned in 1719. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1959 and town status in 1973.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Uren serves as the administrative center of Urensky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Urensky District as the town of district significance of Uren. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Uren is incorporated within Urensky Municipal District as Uren Urban Settlement.[2]
There is a railway station in the town, through which the trans-Siberian railroad passes. The town also lies on Road R159.