Sharya (Russian: Шарья́) is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vetluga River, 330 kilometers (210 mi) northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast.

It was founded in 1906 and granted town status in 1938.

[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sharya serves as the administrative center of Sharyinsky District,[1] despite not being part of it.

[9] As an administrative division, it is, together with the urban-type settlement of Vetluzhsky and three rural localities,[10] incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Sharya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Sharya is incorporated as Sharya Urban Okrug.