Vetluga

For other uses, see Vetluga (disambiguation).

Vetluga (Russian: 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: 8,954 (2010 Census);^[2] 9,641 (2002 Census);^[6] 10,190 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Vetluga Ветлуга
Town[1]
Lenina Street in Vetluga
Coat of arms
Location of Vetluga
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Coordinates: 57°51′N 45°47′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Vetluzhsky District[1]
Town of district significance	Vetluga[1]
Founded	1636
Town status since	1778
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	8,954
Administrative status
• Capital of	Vetluzhsky District,[1] town of district significance of Vetluga[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Vetluzhsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Vetluga Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Vetluzhsky Municipal District,[3] Vetluga Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	606860
OKTMO ID	22618101001

History

It was founded in 1636 and granted town status in 1778.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

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.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Vetluga is incorporated within Vetluzhsky Municipal District as Vetluga Urban Settlement.^[3]

Notable people

• Aleksey Pisemsky (1821–1881), novelist and dramatist, lived his first ten years in Vetluga
• Vasily Rozanov (1856–1919), writer and philosopher, born in Vetluga
• Viktor Rozov (1913–2004), dramatist and screenwriter, received primary education at Vetluga from 1918

Climate

Climate data for Vetluga (extremes 1940-present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	4.7 (40.5)	7.0 (44.6)	16.7 (62.1)	26.7 (80.1)	33.2 (91.8)	35.5 (95.9)	37.1 (98.8)	36.2 (97.2)	30.7 (87.3)	23.1 (73.6)	12.7 (54.9)	8.0 (46.4)	37.1 (98.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−7.1 (19.2)	−5.4 (22.3)	1.5 (34.7)	10.4 (50.7)	18.8 (65.8)	22.6 (72.7)	24.8 (76.6)	22.0 (71.6)	15.8 (60.4)	7.3 (45.1)	−0.7 (30.7)	−5.4 (22.3)	8.7 (47.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−10.4 (13.3)	−9.4 (15.1)	−3.2 (26.2)	4.7 (40.5)	12.1 (53.8)	16.4 (61.5)	18.8 (65.8)	16.0 (60.8)	10.5 (50.9)	3.7 (38.7)	−3.2 (26.2)	−8.2 (17.2)	4.0 (39.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−13.4 (7.9)	−12.9 (8.8)	−7.3 (18.9)	−0.2 (31.6)	6.1 (43.0)	10.7 (51.3)	13.3 (55.9)	11.2 (52.2)	6.5 (43.7)	1.1 (34.0)	−5.3 (22.5)	−10.9 (12.4)	−0.1 (31.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−43.6 (−46.5)	−39.3 (−38.7)	−34.9 (−30.8)	−22.3 (−8.1)	−6.5 (20.3)	−2.6 (27.3)	2.1 (35.8)	−1.4 (29.5)	−7.3 (18.9)	−18.4 (−1.1)	−35.9 (−32.6)	−47.7 (−53.9)	−47.7 (−53.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	49.7 (1.96)	37.4 (1.47)	38.4 (1.51)	37.3 (1.47)	49.9 (1.96)	78.2 (3.08)	88.4 (3.48)	71.2 (2.80)	54.8 (2.16)	68.8 (2.71)	55.6 (2.19)	57.2 (2.25)	686.9 (27.04)
Source: pogoda.ru.net[8]