Shakhunya () is a

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, located on the

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– Kirov railway, northeast of Nizhny Novgorod. Population:

History

It was founded as a settlement around the Shakhunya railway station, which was opened in 1927. It was granted work settlement status in 1938 and town status in 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with 2 work settlements and 136 rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Shakhunya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #184-Z As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Shakhunya is incorporated as Shakhunya Urban Okrug.Law #153-Z

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Shakhunya Urban Okrug Populated places established in 1921 Former urban-type settlements of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast