Uren (town)

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Coordinates: 57.46° N 45.7847° E

Uren (Russian: Урень) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right high bank of the Usta River (Volga's basin), 183 km northeast of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: 12,558 (2002 Census); 13,560 (1989 Census).

It was first mentioned in 1719. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1959 and town status in 1973.

There is a railway station in the town.

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