Vyksa



Vyksa (Вы́кса) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River, 186 km southwest of Nizhny Novgorod. Population:

History
Vyksa was founded in 1765 and was granted town status in 1934.

Etymology
From a substrate Finno-Ugric language (cf. vuoksi 'flow').

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with four work settlements and forty-three rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Vyksa—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Vyksa is incorporated as Vyksa Urban Okrug.