En Name: | Vetluga |
Ru Name: | Ветлуга |
Coordinates: | 57.85°N 92°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Vetluga (Nizhny Novgorod oblast) (1779).png |
Federal Subject: | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Vetluzhsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Vetluga |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Vetluzhsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Vetluga |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Vetluzhsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Vetluga Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Vetluzhsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Vetluga Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 8954 |
Established Date: | 1636 |
Current Cat Date: | 1778 |
Postal Codes: | 606860 |
Vetluga (ru|Ветлу́га) is a town and the administrative center of Vetluzhsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vetluga River, after which the town is named. Population:
It was founded in 1636 and granted town status in 1778.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vetluga serves as the administrative center of Vetluzhsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Vetluzhsky District as the town of district significance of Vetluga. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Vetluga is incorporated within Vetluzhsky Municipal District as Vetluga Urban Settlement.[2]