Verkhoshizhem'ye: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Kirov Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 4,800
• Coordinates: 58.0081° N, 49.1066° E
• Time zone: Europe/Kirov (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 741 km (460 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Pobedilovo Airport (KVX): 57 km (35 mi), straight line
• Cheboksary Airport (CSY): 238 km (148 mi), straight line
• Kazan International Airport (KZN): 267 km (166 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Orichi: 44 km (27 mi)
• Sovetsk: 47 km (29 mi)
• Kumeny: 49 km (30 mi)
• Kotel'nich: 56 km (35 mi)
• Suna: 60 km (37 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kirov, 73 km (45 mi)