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{{Short description|Town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia}}
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{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
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|ru_name=Ветлуга
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'''Vetluga''' ({{langx|ru|Ветлу́га}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|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: {{ru-census|p2010=8,954|p2002=9,641|p1989=10,190}}

==History==
It was founded in 1636 and granted town status in 1778.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Vetluga serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Vetluzhsky District]].<ref name="NizhnyNovgorodO_admlist">Order #3-od</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Vetluzhsky District as the '''[[town of district significance]] of Vetluga'''.<ref name="NizhnyNovgorodO_admlist" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of district significance of Vetluga is incorporated within Vetluzhsky Municipal District as '''Vetluga Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="NizhnyNovgorodOVetluzhskyD_mun">Law #109-Z</ref>

==Notable people ==
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*[[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==

{{Weather box|width=auto
|location=Vetluga (extremes 1940-present)
|collapsed=yes
|metric first=yes
|single line=yes
|Jan record high C = 4.7
|Feb record high C = 7.0
|Mar record high C = 16.7
|Apr record high C = 26.7
|May record high C = 33.2
|Jun record high C = 35.5
|Jul record high C = 37.1
|Aug record high C = 36.2
|Sep record high C = 30.7
|Oct record high C = 23.1
|Nov record high C = 12.7
|Dec record high C = 8.0

|Jan high C = -7.1
|Feb high C = -5.4
|Mar high C = 1.5
|Apr high C = 10.4
|May high C = 18.8
|Jun high C = 22.6
|Jul high C = 24.8
|Aug high C = 22.0
|Sep high C = 15.8
|Oct high C = 7.3
|Nov high C = -0.7
|Dec high C = -5.4

|Jan mean C = -10.4
|Feb mean C = -9.4
|Mar mean C = -3.2
|Apr mean C = 4.7
|May mean C = 12.1
|Jun mean C = 16.4
|Jul mean C = 18.8
|Aug mean C = 16.0
|Sep mean C = 10.5
|Oct mean C = 3.7
|Nov mean C = -3.2
|Dec mean C = -8.2

|Jan low C = -13.4
|Feb low C = -12.9
|Mar low C = -7.3
|Apr low C = -0.2
|May low C = 6.1
|Jun low C = 10.7
|Jul low C = 13.3
|Aug low C = 11.2
|Sep low C = 6.5
|Oct low C = 1.1
|Nov low C = -5.3
|Dec low C = -10.9

|Jan record low C = -43.6
|Feb record low C = -39.3
|Mar record low C = -34.9
|Apr record low C = -22.3
|May record low C = -6.5
|Jun record low C = -2.6
|Jul record low C = 2.1
|Aug record low C = -1.4
|Sep record low C = -7.3
|Oct record low C = -18.4
|Nov record low C = -35.9
|Dec record low C = -47.7

|Jan precipitation mm = 49.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 37.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 38.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 37.3
|May precipitation mm = 49.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 78.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 88.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 71.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 54.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 68.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 55.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 57.2
|source 1 = pogoda.ru.net<ref>{{cite web|title=Климат Ветлуги|url=http://pogoda.ru.net/climate/27277.htm|accessdate=December 24, 2022|language=Russian}}</ref>
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==References==
===Notes===
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===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|niz|adm|list}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|niz|mun|list|vetluzhsky}}

{{Nizhny Novgorod Oblast}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2012}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]]
[[Category:Vetluzhsky District]]
[[Category:Vetluzhsky Uyezd]]