Sheksna, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast

Sheksna
Шексна
The Kazan Church in Sheksna
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Sheksna
Location of Sheksna
Sheksna
Sheksna (Vologda Oblast)
Coordinates: 59°13′N 38°30′E / 59.217°N 38.500°E / 59.217; 38.500
CountryRussia
Federal subjectVologda Oblast
Administrative districtSheksninsky District
Founded1590
Urban-type settlement status since1954
Population
 • Total
20,953
 • Estimate 
(2023)
16,048 (−23.4%)
 • Capital ofSheksninsky District
 • Municipal districtSheksninsky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementSheksninskoye Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofSheksninskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code
162560
OKTMO ID19658151051

Sheksna (Russian: Шексна́) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Sheksninsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located along the left bank of the Sheksna River, 83 kilometers (52 mi) from Vologda. Municipally, it is incorporated as Sheksninskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the district. Population: 20,953 (2010 census); 21,615 (2002 census); 15,928 (1989 Soviet census).

It was previously known as Nikolskoye (until 1954).